CORDOVA, Tenn. — Do you remember “Chauncys Chance?”
It’s a story about a good Samaritan who helped a young teenager raise hundreds of thousands of dollars through GoFundMe.
WHBQ shared Chauncy Black’s story in 2016.
We found out a home is owned by Black’s trust fund and it’s where the money from the GoFundMe was placed years ago.
Over the weekend, deputies said, that same teen was arrested for a shooting that killed a man in Cordova, Tennessee.
Deputies said Black and his brother, Timothy Black, were firing shots at people inside a car but shot their neighbor instead.
“I so appreciate it so much, that I can’t appreciate it no more,” Chauncy Black said in a previous interview.
In 2016, WHBQ introduced you to the teen was a young man who offered to carry groceries in exchange for food at Kroger.
Matt White decided to help him when he found out Black and his family were living in a poor area.
“Just felt this overwhelming humility for his situation,” White said.
White put together a GoFundMe, which raised more than $300,000 for the Black family.
People began to reach out, giving donations and offering the teen jobs.
The family ended up buying a new house.
“I thank God for it and all the people that helped us accomplish our goals,” Chauncy Black said.