Report Via KRIV - HOUSTON - Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal and a Houston police officer have covered the funeral costs for a 7-year-old girl who was shot and killed over the weekend.
Jazmine Barnes was shot in the head about 7 a.m. Sunday while her family’s vehicle was traveling on the Beltway 8 feeder road near Wallisville Road.
The story has garnered national attention, including a $100,000 reward being offered by a New York City activist to the person who turns in the gunman.
On Thursday, sources close to the family told KPRC2’s Brandon Walker that O’Neal and Houston Senior Police Officer Kenneth Miles dropped off a cashier’s check to cover the costs of Jazmine’s funeral, which is scheduled for noon Tuesday at Green House International Church on West Greens Road.
And writer and civil rights activist Shaun King has helped raise over $100,000.
Under the NFL collective bargaining agreement, players make $29,000 for playing in the wild-card round.
"I hate to hear what happened," Hopkins said. "The city of Houston is always supportive of me, of this team. I felt in my heart, it was only right that I give back to those that are down."
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