‘With love’: Taylor, Travis pay off entire GoFundMes of Super Bowl parade victims
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have dug deep after the horror shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $100,000 each to pay off a pair of GoFundMes for victims of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade mass shooting.
Taylor Swift donated $100,000 on Friday to a fundraiser supporting the family of the woman killed in the shooting.
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The GoFundMe page was set up one day prior, aiming to raise $75,000 for the family of Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan, who died in the shooting that also left 22 people injured, including several children.
“Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift”, read a message next to a $50,000 donation to the cause.
A second donation in the same amount was deposited minutes later.
A Swift’s aide confirmed to Variety magazine that the donations on the page were in fact the singer’s.
Along with Swift, more than 4,300 people have donated to the page, which has raised more than $325,000.
The New York Post has also reported that Kelce donated the full $100,000 requested by the family of two sisters who were injured in the deadly shooting.
Page Six reported that through Kelce’s Eighty-Seven & Running charity, two $50,000 donations were received to help provide for the sisters’ physical and mental recovery, while the remaining will be saved for their college funds.
The donation means the fund has $182,345 from 1,300 donations, well over the $100,000 target.
The Reyes sisters aged 10 and eight were among the 22 people injured in the shooting.
“Travis has a really big soft spot for kids and wanted to make sure their families were taken care of and were supported with whatever they needed,” a source exclusively told Page Six.
Kelce started Eighty-Seven & Running to help “under-served youth strive to become productive citizens by mentoring and motivating them to explore and develop their abilities while learning critical life skills”.
The girls were also visited by Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany.
Mahomes also revealed the Chiefs had launched an emergency response fund #KCStrong to support “victims and their families, violence prevention and mental health services, and first responders”.
Police said the shooting on Wednesday was the result of a “dispute” and two juveniles were among those detained.
Up to a million jubilant fans had gathered for the parade of NFL champions Wednesday afternoon when shots rang out.
Mass shootings are common in the United States, where there are more guns than people, and about a third of adults own a firearm.
The Chiefs were celebrating their third Super Bowl title in five seasons after beating the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Swift is dating the tight end of the Chiefs, Travis Kelce, and was a regular presence at games throughout the season including the championship Sunday.
The megastar is currently in Australia as part of her blockbuster Eras world tour.
With Page Six
Originally published as ‘With love’: Taylor, Travis pay off entire GoFundMes of Super Bowl parade victims
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