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New Orleans police officer Robert Hoobler known in the Crescent City as “Uncle Bob” is being mourned by rapper Lil Wayne who has frequently shared that it was him who saved his life after a suicide attempt at only 12 years old.
“Everything happens for a reason. I was dying when I met u at this very spot,” the rapper wrote on Instagram sharing a photo of Hoobler. “U refused to let me die. Everything that doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen for a reason.”
“That reason being you and faith. RIP uncle Bob. Aunt Kathie been waiting for u. I’ll love & miss u both and live for us all.”
The 65-year-old retired cop was diabetic and according to Nola.com, he had been suffering from lingering health issues. Hoobler had recently had both legs amputated due to diabetes.
It was Hoobler who was one of the first responders to the Hollygrove apartment of a young Dwayne Carter, Jr. who had shot himself in the chest with a 9mm pistol on Nov. 11, 1994. He has sometimes called the incident an accident and sometimes referred to it as a suicide attempt.
Either way, Hoobler, who was off duty at the time, responded with five other officers and when no ambulance was available—he drove the boy to a nearby hospital. “Stay awake, son. You’re going to be fine. You’ll see,” Hoobler said, according to a report from Nola.com.
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