Taylor Swift Gives $100K to Family of Super Bowl Parade Shooting Victim
Taylor Swift on Friday donated $100,000 to a fundraiser for the grieving family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the Kansas City radio DJ killed in a shooting at a parade to celebrate the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win this week.
A GoFundMe page for the relatives of Lopez-Galvan, 43, was set up on Thursday, the day after she died on the grounds of Union Station. Alongside two $50,000 contributions, Swift wrote: “Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift.”
Lopez-Galvan’s brother told The Kansas City Star that she died soon after she was hit by gunfire. He said her son, Marc, also required treatment for a gunshot wound to the leg, and that two other relatives—the daughters of a cousin—were also shot during the incident. The paper said Lopez-Galvan’s friends had initially believed she’d died during surgery after she was struck, but she actually passed away at the scene.