Taylor Swift donates $100,000 to family of woman killed at Chiefs victory parade

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Taylor Swift has donated $100,000 to a GoFundMe account created by the family of Lisa López-Galván, who was murdered on Wednesday at the Kansas City, Missouri, parade shooting.

López-Galván, 44, was shot and later died after shots were fired as fans celebrated the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory, according to the Kansas City Missouri Police Department.

Twenty-two other people were injured in the shooting outside Union Station, police said.

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Taylor Swift attends Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, February 11, 2024 | KKFI DJ Lisa López-Galván is shown in this undated photo.

The online fundraiser was “created to benefit the family of Lisa López-Galván,” according to the GoFundMe page and was intended to “provide vital financial support to her family as they process this unthinkable tragedy.”

On Friday morning, a representative for the singer confirmed to ABC News that Swift had donated to the GoFundMe.

“I send you my deepest condolences and condolences following your devastating loss. Love, Taylor Swift,” the singer wrote along with the virtual donation.

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Two donations, each worth $50,000, appear on Swift’s public list. The family has already surpassed their initial fundraising goal of $75,000.

After the Super Bowl, Swift headed to Melbourne, Australia, where she is currently performing for three nights on her “Eras” tour.

Swift was a recurring guest at Chiefs games this season and attended the Super Bowl to cheer on her boyfriend Travis Kelce, who plays tight end for Kansas City.

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Police respond after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVIII victory parade, on February 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Local radio station KKFI 90.1 FM confirmed to ABC News that López-Galván was the DJ and host of a Latin music show, “Taste of Tejano.”

“It is with sincere sadness and an extremely heavy and broken heart that we inform our community that KKFI DJ Lisa Lopez, host of Taste of Tejano, lost her life today in the shooting at the KC Chiefs rally. Our hearts and Prayers are with his family,” the radio station said in a statement Wednesday. “This senseless act has taken a beautiful person from her family and this KC community.”

López Galván’s brother, Beto López, said he was at Wednesday’s celebration but in a different area than his sister at the time of the shooting.

“We woke up this morning excited and the last thing we expected was to have a tragedy in our family,” Beto López told ABC News in an interview.

Beto López described his late sister as someone who “loved her family” and was “very happy” with a “party personality.” She leaves behind her husband and her two young children, she said.

ABC News’ Jolie Lash, Victoria Arancio and Morgan Winsor contributed to this report.

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