Tyson Edwards, seen here with basketball player Tony Parker's dogs, was following in his dad's footsteps working as a dog trainer. (Courtesy of Tyson Kilmer)

A 21-year-old who died outside a downtown Vancouver nightclub early Sunday is remembered by his father as a loving and kind person.

Tyson Edwards, of Burnaby, B.C., was stabbed to death at about 2:30 a.m. PT outside the Richards on Richards nightclub.

His father, Tyson Kilmer, said the family feels defeated over Edwards's death.

"My son had a lot of promise. He's a great young man, really good young man. A little young, a little immature, and he lost his life just being a kid," Kilmer said.

'I'm not so concerned with suspects or people. I forgive them already. I think this world needs a lot more love and less hate.'—Tyson Kilmer, stabbing victim's father

Edwards was a good man, he said, who was well liked and well loved.

"Tyson was a really tall, really good-looking, really well-spoken, beautiful kid.... He was a very articulate, very loving kid, and he was a very good-hearted boy by nature," Kilmer said. "All I can say is: Parents, hug your kids and keep 'em close."

Kilmer, a dog trainer in California who has worked with the pets of Marilyn Manson and Sheryl Crow, said he was proud when his son followed in his footsteps.

"I felt like it was the best opportunity for me as a father to bond with him and give him the most intimate knowledge that… I've acquired in my adult life," he said.

"It was an opportunity for us to be father and son and work together, and also an opportunity to be business partners as well. It was really wonderful. I cherish those times."

Kilmer said his son leaves behind a brother and a sister who won't get the opportunity to know their older sibling, and a mother who loved him to death.

"I believe wholeheartedly that the knowledge that he had… would help to change the world in a positive way, so it's an incalculable loss to both our families and, in my opinion, it will have a far wider reach than I can even imagine."

No arrests have been made in Edwards's death, but police said Sunday they have three suspects they are looking for.

Kilmer said he doesn't have any animosity toward the people who killed his son.

"The truth always comes out in the end. I'm not so concerned with suspects or people. I forgive them already. I think this world needs a lot more love and less hate," Kilmer said.

"I don't really have any control over who did it or what they did or what their motives were. It really doesn't matter. My son is gone. That's all that really matters to me at this point."

Kilmer said his son will be dearly missed.

"Tyson Edwards was an amazing man, an amazing child and he was an amazing light that should not have been extinguished at this point."