Kendra, the daughter of Breaking the Chains CEO Debra Rush, was killed in Los Angeles last week. Photo via Breaking the Chains

A Fresno nonprofit CEO is grieving the murder of her daughter and thanking the community for their outpouring of support.

The daughter of Debra Rush, founder of human trafficking nonprofit Breaking the Chains, died on March 21. Kendra was found murdered on a street in Los Angeles popular for human trafficking, said Tiffany Apodaca, who is arranging a GoFundMe drive to support Rush.

The fundraiser was about $800 short of its $15,000 goal as of Tuesday afternoon.

The Los Angeles Times reported two fatal shootings of women police say were engaged in sex work last week. Kendra, who was in her 20s, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the back of her head near Figueroa and West 70th streets in Los Angeles.

A transgender woman was found murdered a couple of days earlier in another part of Los Angeles.

“Kendra’s life was taken from her in a senseless act of violence, leaving Debra and her family devastated and in need of our help. Debra’s world has been shattered by this unimaginable loss, and as a community, we want to ease her burden in any way we can,” Apodaca wrote on social media.

Rush founded Breaking the Chains in 2013 to support the juvenile and adult victims of human trafficking. Rush herself was a victim of human trafficking in 1999 for several months, according to her online bio, which said she has seven children and one grandchild.

Rush thanked the community for their extraordinary support and asked people consider supporting the mission of Breaking the Chains to protect individuals and families from human trafficking.

“As I take a moment to focus on my family, I urge you to extend your compassion to all the families and victims we tirelessly support,” Rush wrote on social media Monday. “No family should endure the anguish we are facing.”