Taylor Swift donates $100,000 to victim of Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting
While in Australia for her Eras Tour, Taylor Swift took the time to contribute to the GoFundMe of a deceased Chiefs fan
Taylor Swift has shown her support to the Kansas City Chiefs community with a significant donation to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who died in the shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade on Wednesday. Swift contributed $100,000 to a GoFundMe page made in Lopez-Galvan’s honor, leaving a note that read, “Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift.” Variety confirmed that the donation came from Swift with her representative.
According to CNN, police have determined that the shooting was a result of a personal dispute among “several people.” One adult and two juveniles were arrested; the adult was released, while the juveniles remain in custody but have not yet been charged. 23 people were injured in the shooting; Lopez-Galvan, a wedding and radio DJ, was the only fatality. Her son and two other relatives were among those injured, per Variety. With Swift’s donation and over a thousand others, the family was able to surpass their $75,000 goal and raise more than $200,000 in just 16 hours.
While Swift was present for the Super Bowl to see her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, take home the trophy, she was not in attendance for the victory parade. The singer is currently in Australia for her Eras Tour, where she performed her biggest show ever to a crowd of 96,000 people at MCG Stadium in Melbourne. “This is the biggest show that we have done on this tour or any tour I have ever done,” Swift said onstage (per People). “That’s the version you get of me tonight, the version that’s completely starstruck by the fact that so many of you wanted to hang out with us on a Friday night in Melbourne.”
The four-time Album of the Year Grammy winner is gearing up to release her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department. At her Melbourne show, she announced a new vinyl variant with an exclusive bonus track (“The Bolter”). “It kind of reminded me why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life,” Swift told her fans (per a viral video circulating on social media). “And I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting more than I needed it on Tortured Poets.” The new record comes out on April 19.