Shaquille O’Neal is coming through for the family of 12 year old Isaiah Payton, after a stray bullet from a shooting at an Atlanta high school football game left him paralyzed for the chest down.
Because his family lacks handicap-accessible housing, Payton cannot be discharged by the hospital, and when Shaq got wind of the story, he decided to provide the family with a new house.
Shaq will also provide furniture for the house and pay their first year of rent, with assistance from Papa John's executives Rob Lynch and Jeff Smith.
It’s a nice gesture from the big fella, who is no stranger to charitable giving or other acts of kindness. Earlier this year,
, after seeing a viral tweet about how meeting Shaq was one of her bucket list items.