Taylor Swift donated $100,000 to a GoFundMe arrange for the household of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the Kansas Metropolis radio DJ who was killed within the mass taking pictures that broke out throughout the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ victory parade on Feb. 14. Swift, who has change into an honorary member of the Chiefs Nation due to her relationship with the group’s star tight finish Travis Kelce, immediately met after which exceeded the unique $75,000 purpose of the web page set as much as look after the household of the beloved 44-year-old married mom of two.
A spokesperson for Swift — who made the donations simply earlier than kicking off the Australian leg of her Eras Tour in Melbourne with the primary of three reveals in that metropolis — confirmed to Billboard that Swift made two $50,000 donations to the trigger early Friday morning (Feb. 16). At press time, the GoFundMe had raised greater than $177,000 from 1,400 donations.
“She was an incredible mom, spouse, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, and buddy to so many. We ask that you just proceed to maintain her household in your prayers as we grieve the lack of her life. This fund will assist present very important monetary assist to her household as they course of this unthinkable tragedy,” learn a press release on the donations web page, the place the typical donation ranged from $5 to $100.
“Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences within the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift,” the singer wrote.
Lopez-Galvan was a non-public cellular DJ for greater than 15 years and co-hosted “Style of Tejano” for native station KKFI since March 2022. “It’s with honest disappointment and an especially heavy and damaged coronary heart that we let our group know that KKFI DJ Lisa Lopez, host of Style of Tejano misplaced her life right this moment within the taking pictures on the KC Chiefs’ rally. Our hearts and prayers are together with her household,” learn a assertion from the station.
The DJ was amongst almost a million Chiefs followers two attended the downtown rally celebrating the group’s third Tremendous Bowl win in 5 years when gunfire erupted close to the top of the parade. The burst of gunfire killed Lopez-Galvan and injured 22 others, with half the victims below the age of 16. In accordance with USA Right this moment, a private dispute between a number of folks spurred the taking pictures, with police detaining three juveniles within the incident; one of many unnamed suspects was later launched. One of many folks questioned by police was tackled by bystanders earlier than being detained on the occasion {that a} huge police presence of greater than 800 officers.
Kelce tweeted, “I’m heartbroken over the tragedy that occurred right this moment. My coronary heart is with all who got here out to have fun with us and have been affected. KC, you imply the world to me.”
KC Mayor Quinton Lucas mentioned the mass taking pictures is not going to deter the town from internet hosting parades or mass celebrations sooner or later — together with a St. Patrick’s Day parade subsequent month — in a state that Democrat Sen. Steve Roberts mentioned has “among the loosest gun legal guidelines” within the nation. “There’s a gun violence problem on this group and plenty of others. And there definitely is a gun violence problem because it pertains to main occasions,” Lucas mentioned on Thursday. “That, nevertheless, doesn’t imply that Kansas Metropolis will cease having main occasions. We’ll do all we are able to to verify individuals are secure.”
In the meantime, Republican Sen. and gubernatorial candidate Invoice Eigel tweeted, “To the liberal gun grabbers already making an attempt to make use of this KC tragedy to push your radical gun management agenda, hear me now: NOT IN MISSOURI. One good man with a gun might have stopped the evil criminals who opened fireplace on the group instantly. Weapons don’t kill folks. Thugs and criminals kill folks.”
