“Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences within the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift,” she wrote with every of the donations.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A GoFundMe marketing campaign to assist the household of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who was killed in a capturing at a celebration in Kansas Metropolis for the Chiefs’ Tremendous Bowl win, obtained a $100,000 donation from Taylor Swift Friday morning.
The “Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan Memorial” fund was arrange Thursday with a aim of $75,000 and has blown previous that quantity in lower than 24 hours. The web page’s description stated it had been set as much as assist Lopez-Galvan’s household — her two kids and husband of twenty-two years — after her killing.
Early Friday morning, a $50,000 donation was added to the fund from Taylor Swift, one of many world’s most well-known musicians and the girlfriend of Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce. Eight minutes later, Swift put one other $50,000 into the fund.
“Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences within the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift,” she wrote with every of the donations.
A representative for Swift confirmed to Variety that the donations have been from the pop star. Swift is at present in Australia performing her “Eras Tour” after attending the Tremendous Bowl. She missed Wednesday’s parade and celebration in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, the place the lethal capturing occurred.
As of Friday afternoon, the fund had obtained almost $300,000 in donations.
Lopez-Galvan was a music lover and DJ within the Kansas Metropolis space who performed at weddings, quinceañeras and an American Legion bar and grill. She combined Tejano, Mexican and Spanish music with R&B and hip-hop, and volunteered as a number on a radio program.
She was killed Wednesday and 22 folks have been injured when gunshots rang out on the conclusion of a celebration for the Chiefs.
Two juveniles have been charged with crimes related to the mass capturing on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, authorities stated Friday
Police stated Thursday that they had detained three juveniles however launched one who they decided wasn’t concerned within the capturing, leaving simply two in custody.
A information launch from the Jackson County Household Court docket stated the juveniles have been charged Thursday and are being detained within the county’s Juvenile Detention Middle “on gun-related and resisting arrest prices.” The discharge stated it’s “anticipated that further prices are anticipated sooner or later because the investigation by the Kansas Metropolis Police Division continues.”
No additional info was launched. Juvenile court docket circumstances are largely saved personal below Missouri legislation, and hearings are usually not open to the general public.
Police initially detained three juveniles however launched one who they decided wasn’t concerned within the capturing. Police are in search of others who might have been concerned and are calling for witnesses, victims and other people with cellphone video of the violence to name a devoted hotline.
Police stated they do not imagine the capturing was linked to terrorism. As a substitute, they stated investigators suspect a dispute might have led to the gunfire.
The mass capturing occurred when crowds of individuals packed collectively, with as much as one million folks doubtless attending the parade, based on police.
Individuals packed the parade route, with followers climbing bushes and road poles for a greater view. Gamers rolled by on double-decker buses as DJs and drummers heralded their arrival.
Wednesday’s rally had simply ended and music was nonetheless blaring when the photographs erupted. Many individuals initially thought they have been listening to fireworks. However then chaos ensued. Some within the crowd hit the bottom whereas others leapt over boundaries and sprinted, some carrying kids of their arms.
Video taken from a constructing overlooking the celebration exhibits hundreds of followers clad in purple Chiefs gear milling about in a park in entrance of Union Station. As photographs ring out and repeat, they all of the sudden scatter amid screams.
Kansas Metropolis has lengthy struggled with gun violence, and in 2020 it was among nine cities focused by the U.S. Justice Division in an effort to crack down on violent crime. In 2023, town matched a document with 182 homicides, most of which concerned weapons.
Wednesday’s celebration was the third Tremendous Bowl parade in Kansas Metropolis since 2020, and the others had no violence.
