Tyler Perry To Pay Funeral Expenses For 8-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot In Atlanta
A number of innocent kids died over the Fourth of July weekend due to gun violence. Little Secoriea Turner from Atlanta happened to be one of the victims. As People Magazine reports, the 8-year-old was fatally struck by gunfire on Saturday not far from the scene in Atlanta where police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks three weeks ago.
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So far, police have not captured the suspect behind the cruel crime. However, they did release a short video Tuesday of an armed man who they described as a person of interest in the girl’s shooting. It shows a Black man in a white shirt and dark pants carrying an AR-15 rifle with a tan stock and grip. As Fox5 Atlanta notes, a reward of up to $20,000 has been offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of a suspect in the case.
While the heartbroken family waits for justice for their little girl, Tyler Perry has decided to step in to help. The famously charitable filmmaker has offered to pay for the funeral expenses of Secoriea Turner. While speaking with the Magazine, Perry said: “I’m outraged today because I’d rather be paying for 8-year-old Secoriea Turner’s college than her funeral,” Perry said in a statement to People magazine. “When does this end?”
As many are aware, Perry had previously paid for the medical expenses for Matt Cooper, a Georgia officer who was trying to stop a shoplifter at a Walmart back in September 2018 when he was shot in the head. Cooper has since recovered and returned to work in May.
While speaking on gun violence and police brutality, Perry said: “When so many Black people like George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks were killed I was outraged and did what I could to help their families. When a white police officer was shot in the head trying to stop a shoplifter in a suburb outside of Atlanta I was outraged and I did what I could to help him and his family. And when we are killing each other, including our innocent children, I am outraged,” Perry adds. “It doesn’t matter what color wrong comes in, wrong is wrong.”
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