Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is reportedly covering the funeral expenses for a high school football player in Texas who was shot dead over the weekend.
Jarvon Coles, who played at North Shore High School in the Houston area, was killed at a party in a suspected drive-by shooting on Saturday night.
Hurts, who played at rival Channelview High School, is paying for the funeral, according to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport.
Officers responding to a call about underage drinking at a short-term rental property in Humble, Texas discovered Coles in the backyard, with a gunshot wound in his chest, according to KHOU.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told the outlet that a shooter or multiple shooters “intentionally shot” toward the house party from a vehicle a block away.
About 50-60 people were at the party, the report said.
Braxton Coles, the grandfather and guardian of the victim, told KHOU that his grandson had a 4.1 GPA and been accepted to 15 di