Shaneisha Robinson suffered a heartbreaking loss! Her son, Benjamin Redix, was shot and killed in North Little Rock on May 18, 2023. It was the day before he was supposed to graduate from high school. Benjamin was a star athlete, a brilliant student, and a loyal friend. A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested for the murder.

Robinson said that Ben had a special bond with his head football coach and neighbor, Ryan Mallett, a former NFL quarterback, who treated him like his own son. But tragedy struck again when 35-YO Mallett drowned in a freak accident on June 27, 2023, just a month after Ben’s death. Robinson said that they were inseparable.

35-year-old NFL QB shared grief and gone

Robinson talked about Mallett as if he was part of her family. When Redix, someone they both cared about, was killed in a shooting, Mallett was there for Robinson during her time of grief. They comforted each other and cried together. “Sometimes he would come over here crying or I’d go over there crying,” Robinson said.

Then, something terrible happened on Tuesday, and Mallett lost his life in a tragic accident. Robinson compared this loss to adding more pain to her already hurting heart.

Before Mallett went on vacation, he spoke with Robinson and let her know he was going out of town. They expressed their love for each other, and Robinson jokingly asked him to bring her something back from his trip. Now, after the tragedy, she feels that her son and Mallett are reunited in some way.

Robinson wants to start a football camp to honor her son’s memory, which was something she and Mallett had talked about before.

Benjamin Redix had a bright future

Ben Redix had a bright future ahead of him. The 18-year-old from White Hall, Arkansas, was a star student and athlete who had earned a track scholarship to Southern Arkansas University. He was a champion in the Boy’s triple jump and a beloved friend to many. But his life was cut short, when he was shot by his friend, Jimari Douglas, in North Little Rock.

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Douglas, who was 17 and had just graduated from high school that night, said he was playing with a gun in the back seat of a car when it went off and hit Redix. No one else was hurt in the shooting. Redix was supposed to graduate from White Hall High School the next day. Reports suggest Benjamin Redix’s death was a senseless and tragic accident.

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