Two $50,000 contributions in the singer’s honor surfaced on a GoFundMe page Friday morning for the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two and local radio personality. I’m sending you my sincere thoughts and sorrow following your tragic loss. In loving memory of Taylor Swift, the donation is made.
Taylor Swift Donate $100,000 to Kansas City Shooting Victims
Attending the Super Bowl on Sunday, Taylor Swift saw her boyfriend, tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, defeat the San Francisco 49ers. After the shooting during the march, Kelce was one of the NFL players leading tributes to the victims.
Kelce made his own $100,000 donation, paid in two $50,000 instalments via his Eighty-Seven & Running organization, to a GoFundMe page set up for the Reyes family, whose two young daughters were shot in the legs at the parade. The aim of the fund is to “help provide vital financial support for their physical and mental recovery.”
Taylor Swift’s donation went to a GoFundMe page set up Thursday afternoon to provide “vital financial support” with a goal of raising $75,000 for the late Lopez-Galvan’s family. At the time of going to press, the fund had eclipsed $330,000. “Lisa was celebrating the Chiefs’ Super Bowl Victory parade when senselessly killed,” wrote the organizer of the fund.
“She is survived by two children and her husband of 22 years. She was an amazing mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend to so many. We ask that you continue to keep her family in your prayers as we grieve the loss of her life.
This fund will help provide vital financial support to her family as they process this unthinkable tragedy. Any amount is appreciated.”
Lopez-Galvan, 43, was the co-host of a Latin music program, “Taste of Tejano,” on KKFI, a community radio station. She was attending the parade with her husband and children when the shooting occurred. Three other family members, including her son, reportedly in his early 20s, were also injured.
Twenty-two people were injured in the shooting as the parade at Kansas City’s historic Union Station wrapped up, with Lopez-Galvan being the sole fatality. Half of the victims are under the age of 16, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said in a news conference Thursday. Three suspects were arrested. On Friday afternoon, it was announced that two juveniles have been charged in connection to the mass shooting.