Update September 9th: We received a phone call from one of Williams’ aunts asking that we also share information about a Wells Fargo bank account that will go directly to help his mother’s fund the funeral arrangements. She explained that the GoFundMe campaign takes out a fee for each donation and they would prefer that 100% of the donations go directly to the funeral arrangements. Here’s a message from her explaining how to donate through Wells Fargo:
Hello friends, family and fellow community members. If you would like to donate to help with the funeral preparations of our beloved Rashawn Williams, please do so through his memorial fund. It is the Rashawn Williams Memorial Fund. All you would have to do is call, go in person to any Wells Fargo Bank and mention the fund. You may also do so electronically. It is tax deductible. If you would like to help with the arrangements in anyway, please feel free to contact one of his family members. Thank you all for your support.
Others in the family of Rashawn Williams had set up a GoFundMe campaign to receive donations that will also go to helping them cover the expenses associated with the death of their son.
The 14-year-old boy was fatally stabbed last Tuesday, September 3rd, outside Rubin’s Market on 26th and Folsom streets. Williams was a freshman at Sacred Heart High School.
“Today is a day that is burned in our family’s history and future. We lost a child who was our light and our reason for waking up every morning,” writes the family of Williams on the campaign’s funding page.
The family believes that Williams had been a victim of cyber bullying from another teen who also attended Buena Vista Horace Mann Middle School.
The police have arrested the 14-year-old teen who allegedly stabbed Williams.
The GoFundMe fundraising campaign alone has received 1,900 likes on Facebook has already received 227 donations in the last four days, making up $17,240 of the $20,000 goal.