Hunter, 37, was a father of two known for his sense of humor, according to his cousin Shirell Robinson Jackson.

Hunter leaves behind his 11-year-old and a 1-year-old, Jackson said.

“He loved his kids. He loved loved loved his family,” Jackson tells CNN.

Hunter loved to laugh and tell jokes, as Jackson described multiple inside jokes the two had. Jackson said she and Hunter talked about going to the gym in the new year together and going to one another’s churches in the new year.

Hunter was a manager at a local warehouse company for several years.

“Reggie was a beautiful person inside and out,” his cousin Travis Hunter told CNN. “To know Reggie was to love Reggie. He was always in a good mood.”

He added Reggie was a great father and a “good, pure-hearted person.”