DeANDRE HOPKINS PLEDGES GAME CHECK TO 7-YEAR OLD’S FUNERAL COST
(Houston Texans, NFL)
Houston Texans All-Star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins says he will dedicate his $29,000 pay check from Saturday’s playoff game with Indianapolis to pay for the funeral of Jazmine Barnes—the 7-year old girl who was killed last Sunday in a drive-by shooting.
The three-time Pro Bowl receiver said Thursday, “On Saturday, I will be playing in your honor, Jazmine.”
Hopkins also said he would join in the effort to bring Barnes' killer to justice, pledging to civil rights activist Shaun King; County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez; and Mayor Sylvester Turner to help find Barnes' killer. A reward has been offered for any information leading to an arrest.
The 7-year old girl was killed when a man in a pickup truck pulled up next to Barnes' mother's car and started firing. Jazmine's mother and three sisters were injured in the seemingly random attack.
"I have 5-year-old daughter. That could have been anybody in that position," Hopkins said. "Or anybody in the city."
"What I can do, that's nothing, that won't bring back a person," Hopkins said Thursday. "I'm not trying to make it out about me or anything like that. It's the least I could do."
Services for Jazmine are Tuesday. Afterward, mourners will release purple balloons in her memory.
The Texans play the Indianapolis Colts in a wild-card game Saturday at 3:35 on KWHI and FM 101.7.
May Jazmine R I P and God’s angles wrap their wings around her as she walks through the golden gates to be with our Father in heaven.I hope that the man that stuped so low to drive up to a car of a mother that had her precious Lil angles in there with her and start shooting because of their color needs to be locked up for ever.My thoughts and prayers are with the family as they lay their lil angle down to rest and try to mend their family back together.
How was someone shooting because of her color? The culprit was the same color as the victim…as statistics show is most often the case. The BLM movement needs to start at home.
Shooting because of their color? The suspect is of the same color according to the media. Prayers and condolences to the grieving families.
I am so truly sorry for this family and they will be in my prayers. This is a horrible crime and I sincerely hope the killers are brought to justice. However I take issue with the previous comment that states “and start shooting because of their color”. We don’t know the motive of the murderer, we don’t know anything about him. It is not good to assume a racial motive until evidence supports that. When do we start behaving as equal citizens instead of separate races.