Georgia Tech Shooting: GoFundMe Started To Pay For Police Car Burned In Protest

ATLANTA, GA -- A Georgia Tech student has created a GoFundMe page to pay for the police cruiser that was burned up during Monday night's violent protests on campus. Phillip Yamin, an electrical engineering major, and the president of the university's Marksmanship Club, started the GoFundMe to collect money toward paying for two Georgia Tech police cruisers damaged in the protests.

The protests followed a vigil honoring the life of Scout Shultz, a Georgia Tech student shot and killed by a police officer over the weekend. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Thousands of students showed up at the event, lighting candles around the Georgia Tech Campanile, the spot where Schultz was killed. Pictures and video of the scene on social media showed at least one police car engulfed in flames as people stood by.

Much of the Tech community in Midtown Atlanta has been in mourning since the fatal shooting, which was caught on cellphone video from several vantage points.

Yamin's GoFundMe says this:

We at the Marksmanship Club at Georgia Tech have always worked closely with GTPD to ensure that we follow the strictest procedures on firearm safety; we have also known them as acquaintances and even friends. They are a strong family, and we are certain that they will get through this; however, as we at the Marksmanship Club and we as members of the Georgia Tech Student Body feel that they deserve some extra support following tonight’s horrific events. GTPD has always been kind to students, treating us far more as equals than subjects; many of them are Georgia Tech graduates themselves. They constantly take steps to ensure that we’re safe, reach out to us, and make concrete efforts to get to know students on a personal level. Now, it’s our turn to give back to them. All proceeds from this GoFundMe will be used to asist the Georgia Tech Police Department and the affected officers.

More than 500 students have signed up for an 11 a.m. cleanup Tuesday in the aftermath of Monday night's violent protests.

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