Taylor Swift made a US$100,000 (about C$134,900) donation to a fundraiser for the household of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who was killed in a mass capturing on Wednesday on the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade.
The singer left a message to accompany her donation on Friday morning, writing, “Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift.”
Swift, 34, made two separate US$50,000 (virtually C$67,450) contributions to a GoFundMe web page established for Lopez-Galvan’s husband and two youngsters. GoFundMe has a $50,000 donation cap, thus the 2 transactions.
A consultant for Swift confirmed to leisure trade publication Variety that the donation is professional.
The GoFundMe has already greater than doubled its authentic US$75,000 (C$101,179) purpose, totalling over US$200,000 (about C$269,800) in raised funds.
Lisa Lopez-Galvan with family members.
GoFundMe
“Lisa was celebrating the Chiefs Super Bowl Victory parade when senselessly killed,” the GoFundMe’s description reads. “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.”
Lopez-Galvan was a 43-year-old radio DJ and the co-host of the native Latin music program, Taste of Tejano on KKFI.
She died on the scene of the capturing after being struck in her stomach on Wednesday.
According to the radio station the place she labored, Lopez-Galvan’s son Marc, who’s in his 20s, was additionally shot in his leg. He was handled in hospital and later launched.
During a press convention Thursday, Kansas City police Chief Stacey Graves mentioned 22 folks have been injured within the capturing. The sufferer’s ages ranged between eight and 47 years previous, although half have been beneath the age of 16. Lopez-Galvan was the one fatality.
The capturing is believed to have stemmed from a dispute between a number of people who resulted in gunfire, police mentioned, ruling out terrorism.
Two juvenile suspects have been detained by police in reference to the capturing.
The investigation is ongoing.
Police are calling for witnesses to Wednesday’s capturing to come back ahead and have requested folks to submit any cellphone footage of the capturing. Victims of the violence can name a devoted hotline at 816-413-3477.
On Sunday, the Chiefs triumphed 25-22 over the San Francisco 49ers within the 2024 Super Bowl.
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