A Florida rapper offered to pay the college tuition for the children of the two FBI agents who were shot dead last week while serving a search warrant at a home in Sunrise, Florida.
Kodak Black, who was recently released from prison after a pardon from President Donald Trump, wanted to help after learning that Special Agent Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger have children, said his lawyer Bradford Cohen.
Alfin had a 3-year-old son, and Schwartzenberger left two children, 4 and 9 years old, according to NBC News affiliate WTVJ.
Alfin and Schwartzenberger were shot dead on February 2 while executing a search warrant at the apartment of a child pornography suspect. Three others were injured.
Alfin and Schwartzenberger, who were known to work on cases involving crimes against children, “exemplify heroism today in defense of their country,” said FBI director Christopher Wray after their deaths.
Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was sentenced to 46 months in prison on federal gun possession charges in 2019, after admitting he falsified information on federal forms to purchase four firearms. The rapper obtained three weapons: a 9 mm pistol, a .380 caliber pistol and a semi-automatic Mini Draco gun. He received Trump’s forgiveness last month.
Cohen said he contacted the FBI division in Miami last week with Black’s offer to pay the college tuition for the children of the murdered agents.
The letter said that the rapper understands what it’s like to lose loved ones and grow up in a home with only one parent and that he didn’t want families to worry about college expenses, Cohen said.
Black “tries to take care of as many people as he can,” said Cohen. “There is always someone you can help by donating your time or money, and he has always agreed with that line of thought.”
Cohen said he is in contact with the FBI and is working with them to define the donation amount for each of the children.
The FBI’s Miami Division did not immediately respond to NBC News’s request for comment.