Kanye West has donated $150,000 (£117,000) to the family of a security guard shot and killed by police in the US.

The American rapper paid the money through a fundraising website, set up to cover the burial costs for Jemel Roberson, 26, who died on 11 November.

Mr Roberson, a black man, was working as a security guard at a bar near Chicago when a gunman opened fire inside.

He apprehended the shooter and pinned him down but was shot and killed by a white police officer arriving at the scene.

Setting up the GoFundMe page on the day he died, fundraisers wrote: "Sadly, Jemel's life was tragically and unexpectedly cut short this morning as he tried to save others from senseless violence. Today, many remember him as a hero; one who put others before himself."

Mr West made 10 donations of $15,000, meeting the target set to pay for Roberson's burial costs.

A spokesperson for the website confirmed the company had verified the donations but added it was not the biggest donation from an individual to a single campaign.

More than $300,000 (£235,000) has so far been raised by over 5,000 people in the seven days since the fundraising page was established.

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Mr West has not commented publicly on the donations but he tweeted: "We believe in love. We don't just try we do.. we are... We are love."

Roberson leaves behind a nine-month-old son with his long-term partner, who is pregnant with their second child.

The Roberson family attorney told CNN he was working extra shifts to buy gifts for his son.