A fund has been set up in memory of have-a-go hero Tasawar Hussain after offers of support to his family have flooded in from well-wishers.

Mr Hussain, 36, was gunned down by a robber after he and his friend, Azram Hussain, had chased a getaway car following a cash snatch at a Bradford travel agency nine days ago.

Mr Hussain was shot in the chest and left dying in the street in Jowett Street, near Thornton Road, by the robbers who fled.

Today his family said they had opened a trust fund in the name of his five-year-old daughter Haarisah.

Bradford West MP Marsha Singh, who raised the topic of gun crime in the Commons after Mr Hussain's murder, said: "It is certainly something that has been put to me by a number of people. An MP came to see me saying that he would contribute to a fund if one was set up."

Leader of the Council Margaret Eaton added her support for the fund. "Tasawar Hussain acted in a very courageous way and his death was a tragedy," she said.

Former Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Stanley King (Con, Heaton) said he supported the move and had been approached by members of the community wanting to know if a trust fund had been set up.

"The best way we can show our sympathy is by helping those who have been left behind," he said.

Leading Bradford athlete Zafar Shah promised a "substantial" donation to kickstart the fund from his sponsors Mumtaz Paan House. Mr Shah applauded the idea of the fund, saying it would help his young daughter.

He urged people to come forward with information: "We have lost a good citizen and I firmly believe somebody, somewhere knows who killed him. The criminal fraternity know who did this."

Bradford boxer Junior Witter, the British and European Light Welterweight champion, made an impassioned plea for information about Mr Husaian's murder which happened after a robbery at Madina Travel in Lumb Lane, at 5.15pm on Monday, January 27. "It's time for people to realise that violence doesn't pay and they should do what they can to help the police and make sure this guy is locked up for what he has done," he said.

Arif Nazir-Hussain, player-manager of Heaton United football club, who has known Mr Hussain's family for 25 years, said: "All the players are very keen to do something to help the family. Tasawar's brother-in-law, Hamza Ali, used to play for us and obviously we have read about the death in the newspapers.

"I knew Tasawar and he was a decent, friendly person."

He said the players had already decided to hold a charity match in May with proceeds going to the fund.

Arshad Javed, co-ordinator of Asian Trades Link, a charity organisation helping Asian businesses, said the memory of Tasawar Hussain must live on.

"A fitting tribute to Tasawar would be that the whole of Bradford stands up and says it is against this gun culture. Tasawar embodies the good there is in young Asian men out there," he said.

"There must be some good to come out of this violent, tragic, pointless death. We need to galvanise ourselves and make sure that Tasawar's death was not in vain."

Donations can be made at any Yorkshire Building Society to account number 5704872710.