Taylor Swift after the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl final in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo / Getty Images
Taylor Swift after the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl final in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo / Getty Images
In a tragic end to the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, Lisa Lopez-Galvan was fatally killed in a mass shooting at the team’s victory parade. Taylor Swift, who attended the final, has given US$100,000 to the family.
The Anti-Hero hitmaker — who is dating the team’s tight end TravisKelce — made two US$50,000 ($82,000) donations and expressed her “deepest sympathies” after 44-year-old DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan lost her life this week at a mass shooting in Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri, while the team were celebrating their victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the flagship NFL game on Sunday (US time).
Lisa’s loved ones had set up a GoFundMe page to provide “vital financial support” to her family, including her husband and two children, as they “process this unthinkable tragedy”.
A message on the platform, which aimed to raise $75,000, read: “This fund has been set up to benefit the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan. Lisa was celebrating the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade when senselessly killed. She is survived by two children and her husband of 22 years.
A candlelight vigil was held for victims of a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade. Photo / AP
“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.”
Taylor made two donations eight minutes apart.
She wrote: “Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss.”
Her representative confirmed to Variety the donations were genuine.
During the attack, 21 others were injured, more than half of whom were under 16, and many with life-threatening injuries. One of three hospitals receiving patients after the tragedy said three had been discharged, one was in a stable condition and two were in a critical condition but improving.
