Taylor Swift donates $100,000 to bereaved family
The singer is a friend of Travis Kelce, a star player for the Chiefs.
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Taylor Swift gestures. On Friday, February 16, the singer donated $100,000 (93,000 euros) to the family of a woman killed in Kansas City, Wednesday, February 14, in a shooting that broke out during a parade honoring local American football. team, victorious in the Super Bowl. Taylor Swift, currently in Australia for a series of concerts as part of her world tour “The Eras Tour”, is partnered with Travis Kelce, star player for the Chiefs.
On a fundraising site set up for the family of Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan, two donations of $50,000 were made under the pop star’s name, in connection with the Kansas City Chiefs player. A member of Taylor Swift’s entourage then confirmed to Trade Magazine Diversity That these two donations actually came from the singer.
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In a message posted with one of the donations, the latter shared it “Too Much Sensation”. A crowdfunding page opened Thursday showed nearly $250,000 in donations as of midday Friday, with about 2,700 donors.
Gunfire erupted near a Kansas City train station as the parade wound down, injuring 22 people, many of them children. Two minors were charged and incarcerated in a detention center for juvenile offenders after a shooting that marred a parade honoring the local American football team victorious in the Super Bowl.