Travis Kelce matched Taylor Swift’s $100,000 donation to Kansas shooting victims

The player Travis Kelce followed the gesture of his girlfriend Taylor Swift, the pop star, who had donated that sum of money to the family of Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan, the only one who died in the incident. American football player Travis Kelce matched this February 16, Friday the $100,000 that his girlfriend, singer Taylor Swift , donated to the victims of the shooting that occurred on February 14, Wednesday at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration parade.

Chiefs star Kelce made the donation through his foundation in favor of the donation campaign that has been opened on the GoFundMe website, coordinated by the professional American football league team and the United Way organization.

In this way, the player has matched the amount that was also donated by the pop star Taylor Swift , who in her case directed the donation to the family of Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan , a radio DJ of Mexican origin and who is the only fatal victim of the event .The shooting also left 22 people injured , including Lopez-Galvan’s two children.

Two minors have been charged in connection with the shooting and are being held in a juvenile detention center on charges related to the possession and use of firearms and resisting arrest, authorities reported on February 16, Friday. The tragedy occurred just after the Kansas City Chiefs celebrated their second consecutive Super Bowl LVIII victory on February 11 , Sunday.

Three days later, during the parade, the chaotic shooting broke out in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The deceased, Elizabeth ‘Lisa’ Lopez-Galvan, was 43 years old, a mother of two, an avid Chiefs fan and a distinguished DJ and host on KKFI ‘s 90.1 FM .The city’s police chief, Stacey Graves , indicated that the incident resulted from ” a dispute between several people ” and added that ” preliminary conclusions of the investigation have shown that there are no links to terrorism or violent extremists .”

The event occurred in the vicinity of Union Station , Kansas City’s central railway station, according to the local Police Department.

“There were shots fired west of Union Station, near the garage, and several people were injured ,” said police, who also reported the arrest of “two armed people.”

Fire Department Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins declined to comment further, saying only that additional information would be released soon.

Kansas City police said on Police also asked witnesses to the shooting to come to a corner near Union Station .The shooting broke the festive mood of Valentine’s Day , as Chiefs fans celebrated their third Super Bowl title in five seasons.