The Carolina Panthers owner, Jerry Richardson, donated $10,000 to each of the nine families that tragically had their family members killed in the Wednesday night shooting in the church in Charleston, South Carolina. He also donated another $10,000 to the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was where the murders occurred during a bible study on that night.
On Friday, a donation letter giving $100,000 to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund, was tweeted out by Bakari Sellers (D), a former member of the South Carolina House of representatives. That letter mentions all nine names of the victims that were murdered that night: Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Cynthia Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Tywanza Sanders, Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr, and Myra Thompson.
Richardson said that he wanted the money to help “defray funeral costs and other financial needs of each.” Team spokesperson, Steven Drummond said, “We don’t want to comment on the specifics of the donation, but know our hearts are one with those who grieve the loss of these individuals”. The donation letter written by the Panthers owner can be seen in its entirety below:
Richardson has said in the past that his team will represent both North and South Carolina and even though the Carolina Panthers stadium is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, their training camp is located at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
