Chargers’ Daiyan Henley plays Sunday after learning of brother’s death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The knock on the door of Daiyan Henley’s hotel room came early Saturday morning. Denzel Perryman, Henley’s Chargers teammate, was the first to reach him, asking him to call home. Henley’s mother was on the phone with bad news, distressing news, news no one wants to hear.
Henley’s older brother, Jabari, was shot and killed outside a smoke shop in South Los Angeles on Halloween night. Police said they had no motive for the shooting or a description