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Shaquille O'Neal was anxious to help the family of Dexter Rentz as soon as he learned the news. The hopeful 18-year-old American footballer was shot dead last Saturday in a shootout in Orlando, Florida, where the basketball star also lives.

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Shaquille O'Neal therefore decided to finance the young man's funeral including a hearse with horses and a custom coffin. A shock for the sportsman who founded great hopes in Dexter Rentz, who had just joined the Louisville team.

Wrong place at the wrong time


"He was in good voice, really," Shaquille O'Neal said Monday in an interview with sports channel ESPN. I don't know what it's like to lose a son, but I know what it's like to lose someone. And this disappearance breaks my heart. Really. I wish this kind of thing never happened. It's just so sad, and I want to be able to help the family. "

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Four people were affected in this shooting which was fatal only for Dexter Rentz. As the police continue their investigation, the young sportsman's mother claims that her son was in the wrong place at the wrong time. According to her, he had gone to visit his grandfather with his brother when he received a stray bullet.

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