ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Andrea White was proud of the turnaround in her son Isiah Robinson’s life. He was a playful troublemaker with family and friends, but when he got to Patrick Henry High School, he became a leader of the Patriots football team.

He was on the road to a college career getting ready to attend Lackawanna College, a two-year school in Pennsylvania, to play football.

However, all that changed when a gunman opened fire inside of the Melody Hookah Lounge in Blacksburg on Friday, Feb. 4.

It’s something no parent ever expects to go through — not being able to speak to or hug your child — but that’s the heartbreaking situation for White. She says he went down to Blacksburg, as he’d done in the past to hang out with his buddies, but she never expected that goodbye to be the last.

“When I dropped him off at his mother’s house, because I was on my way to work, and he said, ‘Love you mom’…and I said, ‘love you too.’ Whenever he went out, I always told him to behave himself and not get into trouble. He said ‘I will not.’ He was not a street person. He would hang out with his friends he would have a bunch of group of friends. He hung around. But he never hung out in the streets,” said White.

White says she became concerned about Robinson when she heard about Friday night’s shooting at the Melody Hookah Lounge.

When she couldn’t get ahold of Robinson, her concerns grew.

“I got home a little bit after 3 a.m. from work. His location still has not changed. Still no response from Isiah. Maybe during that, he got into a scuffle and dropped his phone. In my mind, I think he dropped his phone. So immediately, me and my boyfriend drove to Blacksburg not knowing what is going on,” said White. “I pull up, getting out of the car. You know, they had the streets blocked off. Police were out there. Immediately, my body was shaken I couldn’t hold my phone to show the detective a picture of Isiah because I was there because this is the location of my son’s phone was and I was looking for my phone.”

Full interview with Andrea White, Isiah Robinson’s mother:

Police officers told White to meet them over at the police station. They started to ask her questions, but in her mind, she thought Robinson might have gotten into trouble.

“And two of the detectives were shaking their heads, so I am, like, okay, so he told me that after I had given him a description of Isiah’s tattoos on his arms,” explained White. “When I was giving him the tattoos and the descriptions of the tattoos, I didn’t know I was identifying him or what I was identifying him for. He told me about how many people got shot. He told me Isiah was the one that didn’t make it,” said White.

White says police haven’t given her any details about what happened to Robinson, which makes his death even harder. In fact, she has yet to see her son because his body is reportedly still in the medical examiner’s office.

Another more painful part of the situation, according to White, is the misinformation about her son through social media and other sources.

“As a mother, it is hurtful. I wanna lash out. But now is not the time for that. But people are going to talk,” said White. “They are going to say what they are going to say. Whether it is the truth or not. I mean, I know the truth. As long as I know that is all that matters.”

White says she is thankful for the outpouring of support for her family.

“I didn’t know that Isiah was loved like that. I really didn’t — coming from that bad little boy to one of the top athletes and I was blown away. I am going to miss my baby. I just want his memory to live on,” said White.

White said she also has received support from the organization Fed-Up: Working Together For a Safer Community” – a school-based anti-gun violence program. She said funeral arrangements for Isiah are pending.

Click here for a link to the GoFundMe account for Robinson’s family.