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Crazy days, some stuff you can't even make it up. RIP
He lived and breathed fatherhood — and sports.
But on Saturday, the life of the 43-year-old doting father and beloved youth football coach was cut short after he was allegedly shot to death by a coach on the opposing team after a disagreement during a game in Lancaster, Tex.
Hickmon's cousin, Toronda Alford tells PEOPLE his wife Kenyetta Hickmon and their 9-year-old son Mike Jr. witnessed the deadly shooting from the sidelines, and it has left them broken.
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"She's just numb," Alford says. "She could have never imagined that this would've happened. That's their typical Saturday — to get up and go to a little league game — whether he was coaching, whether it was his best friend's game, whether it was a family member's. That was their thing to do, and it's tragic."
© Provided by PeopleKenyetta Hickmon Hickmon family
Hickmon was "a devoted father" who wanted to "watch his children grow up and live out their dreams," Alford says.
But now, Ashley, 25; Emerie, 14; and Mike Jr., 9; will have to figure out how to navigate life without their dad to guide them.
"Their dad was at every game," she says of the sports-centric family. "Their dad was dropping them off at practice, picking them up at practice. Him and Mike Jr. — they flew somewhere for a game. So, I don't even know how they are going to go on without him. He was their biggest cheerleader."
Although much of his time and love was devoted to his own family, Hickmon still had room in his heart to mentor other kids. His family says he spent the last five years coaching the D.E.A. Dragons.
'Loving Father and Husband': Family Speaks Out After Football Coach Was Allegedly Killed by Opposing Coach
He lived and breathed fatherhood — and sports.
But on Saturday, the life of the 43-year-old doting father and beloved youth football coach was cut short after he was allegedly shot to death by a coach on the opposing team after a disagreement during a game in Lancaster, Tex.
Hickmon's cousin, Toronda Alford tells PEOPLE his wife Kenyetta Hickmon and their 9-year-old son Mike Jr. witnessed the deadly shooting from the sidelines, and it has left them broken.
RELATED: Beloved Youth Football Coach is Killed During Game — and Suspect Is Opposing Coach, Whose Brother Was NFL Star
"She's just numb," Alford says. "She could have never imagined that this would've happened. That's their typical Saturday — to get up and go to a little league game — whether he was coaching, whether it was his best friend's game, whether it was a family member's. That was their thing to do, and it's tragic."
© Provided by PeopleKenyetta Hickmon Hickmon family
Hickmon was "a devoted father" who wanted to "watch his children grow up and live out their dreams," Alford says.
But now, Ashley, 25; Emerie, 14; and Mike Jr., 9; will have to figure out how to navigate life without their dad to guide them.
"Their dad was at every game," she says of the sports-centric family. "Their dad was dropping them off at practice, picking them up at practice. Him and Mike Jr. — they flew somewhere for a game. So, I don't even know how they are going to go on without him. He was their biggest cheerleader."
Although much of his time and love was devoted to his own family, Hickmon still had room in his heart to mentor other kids. His family says he spent the last five years coaching the D.E.A. Dragons.
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