Taylor Swift donates $100,000 to household of slain Kansas City Chiefs fan

Pop famous person Taylor Swift donated $100,000 (AED 367,000) to the household of a lady slain in a taking pictures close to a rally for the Kansas City Chiefs the place the singer’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his teammates had been celebrating their Super Bowl victory.

The Grammy Award-winning performer’s two contributions of $50,000 (AED 183,650) every had been posted early on Friday to the GoFundMe memorial web page arrange by kinfolk of Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan, a Kansas City radio character who was the lone fatality in Wednesday’s gun violence. She was 43.

A message left with the donations on the web page reads: “Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift.”

Representatives for the singer confirmed to AE Daily News and the showbiz commerce publication Variety that the contributions from Swift had been genuine.

By noon, the GoFundMe web page confirmed that the household of Lopez-Galvan, a disc jockey and host of “Taste of Tejano” on KKFI radio, had raised practically $280,000 (AED 1,028,440), together with Swift’s donations, far surpassing the fund’s $75,000 (AED 275,475) objective.

A message on the prime of the web page mentioned the fund was supposed to offer “vital financial support” to the family members of Lopez-Galvan, who was a married mom of two, “as they process this unthinkable tragedy.”

Twenty-two different individuals, together with 9 kids, had been struck by gunfire in Wednesday’s violence, which unfolded close to the town’s downtown Union Station simply because the Chiefs’ rally celebrating their Super Bowl conquer the San Francisco 49ers was concluding.

Swift, who attended the Super Bowl recreation on Sunday, was absent from Wednesday’s celebration after having returned to her live performance tour schedule in Australia, however Kelce and different gamers had been on the rally when the gunfire erupted.

Police have mentioned the taking pictures stemmed from a quarrel amongst a number of individuals incidental to the occasion itself. Two youngsters arrested shortly after the bloodshed have been charged in household court docket as juveniles within the case with firearms violations and resisting arrest.

Prosecutors have mentioned they might search to cost the 2 as adults, and police mentioned they had been looking for different people who may need been concerned.