Robinson's family said by phone that he had just started driving trucks for a new company and was looking forward to life on the road. His rig still sits parked along East 10th Street in Richmond, right across from the Manchester General District Courthouse.
Police said Robinson was shot in the back on a sidewalk in front of a Southside home. Robinson died a short time later at the hospital.
Robinson hosted his own YouTube channel and often posted videos on social media of him driving a rig and talking about life.
"I'm from the projects. I'm from Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia," Robinson said in one video. "I've been incarcerated, was incarcerated for 17 years straight."
While locked up, family members said Robinson leaned on the Lord and had faith when he was released around 2019 th