American actor Tyler Perry will pay for the funeral expenses of Rayshard Brooks. According to an exclusive report by PEOPLE, Perry also offered to pay for the college education of Brook's kids.
Perry reached out to the family of Brooks after the latter's death. The 50-year-old mogul wanted to help the family during this tragic time.
What caused Rayshard Brooks' death?
Last Friday, police officers of Atlanta received a call about a man sleeping at the drive-thru of a fast-food chain.
When police responded to the incident, they gave the man, Brooks, a sobriety test. According to reports, Brooks failed. That led to his supposed arrest. However, a struggle ensued as the 27-year-old man resisted.
Video footage released by the Atlanta Police Department showed the struggle between Brooks and two officers.
Aside from the angle from the body camera of one of the officers, another video was released. The clip from the police car's dashcam showed that Brooks took an officer's Taser then started running.
Footage at the fast-food chain showed how Brooks was shot twice at the back by a police officer.
According to authorities, he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Rayshard Brooks' death sparked protests in Atlanta.
Rayshard Brooks' death happened only a few weeks after George Floyd's death.
Just like Floyd's death, Rayshard Brooks' death caused demonstrators to gather and protest the officers' way of handling the incident.
Last Sunday, protesters went out of the streets, not only in Atlanta but also in other areas in the country.
Protesters gathered outside the fast-food restaurant where Brooks got shot by police officers. On Saturday, the demonstrators also torched the restaurant.
Autopsy result of Rayshard Brooks' death
According to the Medical Examiner's Office of the Fulton County, Georgia, Brooks died of organ damage and blood loss.
Authorities listed Rayshard Brooks' death as a homicide.
The District Attorney of Fulton County said that they are going to decide on Wednesday on whether they will file charges against the police officers. The DA's office criticized the police officers' fatal shooting that caused Rayshard Brooks' death.
The family continues to mourn for the father's death.
Rayshard Brooks left four kids and his wife, Tomika Miller. His kids are Dream, one-year-old, Memory, two, Blessing, 8-year-old, and his eldest, Mekai, who is only thirteen years old.
According to reports, Rayshard Brooks' death came a day before the 8th birthday of one of his kids.
Aside from Tyler Perry paying the funeral expenses, he also plans to pay for the college education of the four kids that Brooks left behind.
Perry is known for offering help during a time of tragedy. In previous years, there were also reports of Tyler Perry paying funeral expenses of Tynesha Evans and two fifteen-month-old twin girls. All of them died tragically in Georgia.
