On Friday morning, singer Taylor Swift made donations on a charity page to the amount of $100,000 after Lisa Lopez-Galvan was killed in a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade. The victim’s family had setup a GoFundMe page.
The “Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan Memorial” page was set up Thursday afternoon, with a goal of raising $75,000 for the family of the 44-year-old shooting victim. Around 1,300 people had made donations when Swift pushed the total beyond the goal in the wee hours of Friday morning, first making a donation of $50,000 and then making a second donation in the same amount eight minutes later, reports variety.com.
“Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift,” wrote the singer. Swift’s representative confirmed that the donations by the singer appearing on the page were legit.
“This fund has been set up to benefit the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan,” reads the GoFundMe page’s text. “Lisa was celebrating the Chiefs’ Super Bowl Victory parade when senselessly killed. 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.”
About the mass shooting:
A gunfire opened at the rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs` Super Bowl win. Twenty-three people were wounded in the outbreak of the gunfire with Lisa Lopez-Galvan being the only fatality. She died on Wednesday after being struck in her abdomen by a gunshot as chaos broke out. Initial reports said she passed away after undergoing surgery, but later reports clarified that she died at the scene. Police said on Thursday that two juveniles have been detained in the mass shootings.
Besides being a wedding DJ, Lopez-Galvan was the co-host of a Latin music program, “Taste of Tejano,” on a community radio station, KKFI, according to the Kansas City Star.Lopez-Galvan’s son, Marc Lopez-Galvan, who is in his 20s, was among the other gunshot victims and has been released from the hospitals. Two other more distant relatives were also wounded. The victim’s teenage daughter, Adriana, was also at the scene but escaped being hit.
(with inputs from IANS)
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