A North Tonawanda, NY family has lost everything after a fire destroyed their home earlier this week. Kenneth Walker, a volunteer firefighter in the area, told 2 On Your Side that he received a threatening, racist letter on Tuesday.
His home burned the next day.
N. Tonawanda firefighters on the scene of a fire at the home of firefighter who received a racist email @WGRZ pic.twitter.com/24bfNHv39v
— Claudine Ewing (@ClaudineWgrz) August 3, 2016
The letter referred to Walker using the n-word.
The family’s neighbor, Matthew Jurado was arrested Thursday and charged arson.
Fortunately, Walker and his family were not home at the time of the fire. Two cats died. The local fire department and the FBI are still investigating. The community is hosting a donation drive for Walker and his family on Sunday. A GoFundMe for the family is almost at $100,000.
