Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the woman who was killed during Wednesday’s mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade, has been remembered for her role as a devoted mother to her two children.
On Thursday, Lopez-Galvan’s brother Beto Lopez paid tribute to his sister, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper that she was a “loving, caring and devoted mother.”
“We have tragic situations like this that unfortunately happen all too often and a lot of the time individuals are lost as just statistics or numbers,” Lopez said. “She has done so much for this community and the Kansas City area, raising money for many charities and organizations, and that is something we will forever be very proud of.”
Lopez-Galvan was shot at the end of a Chiefs parade in Kansas City, Missouri. Friends of the 43-year-old confirmed her death The Kansas City Star this week. The publication reported that Lopez-Galvan, a local radio DJ, died during surgery after suffering a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
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Lisa Lopez-Galvan.
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According to CNN, Lopez-Galvan was celebrating the Chiefs’ victory in the 2024 Super Bowl with family members, including husband Mike, son Marco and daughter Adriana when she was fatally shot. Three other family members, including Lopez-Galvan’s son Marco, were also injured in the shooting, according to the publication.
In a statement shared with CNN on Thursday, Lopez-Galvan’s family said they were “heartbroken” by her death and described her as an “amazing mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and friend to many.”
“Lisa left behind her husband Mike, with whom she had been for 22 years, and two children, Marc and Adriana,” the press release states. “We ask that you keep our family in your prayers as we mourn Lisa’s death while supporting our loved ones who were affected by this senseless act.”
Lopez-Galvan’s employer, KKFI 90.1 FM, also shared a statement on Facebook confirming Lopez-Galvan’s death. “It is with sincere sadness and an extremely heavy and broken heart that we inform our community that KKFI DJ Lisa Lopez, host Tejano flavor lost her life today in a shooting at a meeting of the heads of the KC”, the press release states.
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Lisa Lopez-Galvan.
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“Our hearts and prayers are with her family. We encourage anyone who thinks they saw something to contact police at 816 234 5111. This senseless act took a beautiful person from her family and this KC community,” it concluded.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Lopez-Galvan’s family following her death, with donations reaching more than $174,000 as of Friday morning. On Friday, two donations in the amount of $50,000 were made to a page under the name of Taylor Swift. Swift, 34, is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and attended the Super Bowl on Sunday but was not present for the parade.
Speaking at a news conference Thursday, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said the shooting, which also injured 22 people, was believed to stem from an argument and was not related to terrorism.
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“There was no connection to terrorism or domestic violent extremism,” Graves said. “It appears that this was an argument between several people that resulted in a shooting.” The victims ranged in age from 8 to 47, and at least half of those injured were under the age of 16, Graves said.
At a news conference the previous day, Graves said three people had been taken into custody and were “being investigated for today’s incident.”
After the shooting, many of the Chiefs players who participated in the procession spoke about the incident on social media and offered prayers to the victims involved.
“Praying for Kansas City🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼,” wrote Patrick Mahomes in the post shared on X (formerly known as Twitter), while Travis Kelce also shared his heartbreak.
“I am heartbroken by the tragedy that happened today,” tight end Kelce, 34, wrote on x. “My heart goes out to everyone who came to celebrate with us and was affected. KC, you mean the world to me.”
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