Update: Taj Gibson also donated $20,000 to the family of the other victim in the shooting, Shaqwanda Staley.
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taj Gibson was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City and he has made a huge contribution to members of his old community.
Chynna Battle, 21, was killed in a Brooklyn shooting earlier this month, and her family set up a GoFundMe page with the goal of raising $30,000 to help care for Battle's three-year-old daughter, Amelia. The family has now raised over $25,000, thanks in large part to a $20,000 donation from Gibson.
T-Wolves forward Taj Gibson donated $20,000 to a GoFundMe campaign established for a 3-year-old girl who lost her mother to gun violence. pic.twitter.com/OsFV0Bi5tk
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Gibson's six-year-old cousin, Prince Joshua Avitto, was stabbed to death in an elevator in his New York housing project in 2014.
According to the New York Daily News, Battle and 29-year-old Shaqwanda Staley were killed when two gunmen opened fire into a crowd of people in the courtyard of the Stuyvesant Gardens Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The motive remains unclear, but law enforcement sources told the Daily News that the two women were not the intended targets.
Gibson spent the entirety of his eight-year career with the Chicago Bulls until he was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in February. Earlier this month he signed a two-year, $28 million contract with the Wolves.
