Kanye West has donated $150,000 to the heartbroken family of Chicago security guard who police shot dead after they mistook him as a shooter.
Security guard Jemel Roberson was shot dead on Sunday morning by Police after responded to a shooting inside a bar in Illinois, Chicago, and thought he was the gunman, despite people screaming that he was innocent.
The 26-year-old security guard was working at the bar, and intervened when an argument erupted and someone started shooting. He managed to apprehend the suspected gunman and was holding him down at gunpoint for Police to come arrest the shooter. But when police arrived at the scene, a white officer shot and killed Mr. Roberson instead.
According to TMZ, the 41-year-old rapper decided to donate $150,000 to the family of the murdered man.
A GoFundMe site set up with an original goal of $10,000 plummeted with the support of Kanye who made10 donations of $15,000 each early on Friday evening.