GoFundMe Launched for 10-Year-Old Girl Who Survived Murder-Suicide [Video]

Loved ones of a 10-year-old Texas girl who was critically injured in a murder-suicide that killed her mother and was carried out by her mother’s boyfriend have started a GoFundMe campaign for the child.

The fundraiser was created by Andre Thomas, who included a statement on behalf of the Cantu family saying that the funds will go towards Chantal Cantu’s 10-year-old daughter’s medical expenses, as well as grief counseling and long-term emotional support for the girl and her 15-year-old brother, who are now left without a mother.

According to the GoFundMe, Cantu was “murdered while protecting her daughter from gunfire” on May 30. “Chantal was an amazing mother, daughter, sister, cousin, friend, and co-worker who knew no boundaries for those in her life,” the fundraiser reads.

The shooting occurred at an apartment complex in Spring, Texas, around 5 p.m. that day, Sgt. Greg Pinkins of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said at a media briefinglast week. …