Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray attended Allen High School in Allen, Texas. He won the Gatorade Player of the Year in the state before opting to sign with Texas A&M and ultimately heading to Oklahoma.
For the 25-year-old Murray, Saturday’s mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets that killed eight people hit home big time. From a broader perspective, it is yet another example of gun violence tearing apart communities throughout the United States in what seems to be an American-centric problem.
Multiple children were also among those killed in the senseless act of violence. Murray took to social media on Saturday to express his dismay over what we’re seeing while offering his help.
“This is sickening. Prayers to the mass shooting victims in Allen, Texas. If there is anyway I can help those affected by this tragedy please let me know,” Kyler Murray wrote on Twitter. “When is this sh*t gonna stop?”
A six-year-old boy by the name of William Cho remains hospitalized after the mass shooting. He lost his three-year-old brother and both parents in the mass shooting. The family had gone to the outlets simply to exchange some stuff William had received for his recent birthday.
Murray was made aware of a GoFundMe in the young boy’s name by David Hogg, who survived the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida that killed 18 people. Talk about coming full circle.
Well, Murray opted to do his part by donating $15,000 to William Cho as he recovers in the Intensive Care Unit. In the process, the former Heisman winner at Oklahoma is looking to do more.
“Heart wrenching, I just donated and here are more verified links for other victims as well.
Kyler Murray on the Texas mass shooting
Does anyone know anything about the funeral arrangements?”
It’s not going to bring back the loved ones who were lost during the senseless mass shooting. It will not change the fact that William Cho and others are going to be scarred for life.
But the ability of people to come together within a community to help can change things to an extent. That’s no truer than for William Cho, who has now seen people band together to donate $1.66 million in his name.
As for Kyler Murray and his hometown, it’s a tight-knit community with a population of just over 106,000. This obviously hit home big time for the young man.