Travis Kelce has matched girlfriend Taylor Swift’s $100,000 donation to the victims of Wednesday’s mass shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally.
Kelce made the gift through a GoFundMe page, which shows two $50,000 donations from his charity, the Eighty-Seven & Running Foundation.
The GoFundMe page was started by Lisa Lopez-Galvan’s family,
Of course, the donation comes only after Kelce faced waves of criticism for partying in the aftermath of the shooting, which left one woman dead and 22 others injured. Two youths were charged with crimes related to the mass shooting, authorities said Friday, as the city tries to recover in the wake of the violence.
Kelce was among the Chiefs stars who went ahead with a “scaled-down” celebration just hours after a mass shooting saw the team’s Super Bowl parade end in tragedy. Other teammates, however, stayed away from the party.
Travis Kelce is seen smiling with his Chiefs teammates after a shooting during the parade
Kelce made the gift via GoFundMe, which shows two $50,000 donations from his charity
Kelce sparked outrage after smiling for a selfie hours after the Kansas City shooting
In photos obtained by DailyMail.com, Kelce is seen at a sports bar in Kansas City alongside several teammates and their partners, including Patrick Mahomes’ wife Brittany.
The group also included Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend, center Creed Humphrey, tight end Matt Bushman and his wife Emily.
Sources told DailyMail.com that Mahomes had reserved the entire venue for select members of the team and their families. Many members of coach Andy Reid’s team stayed away after the attack.
But Kelce, who led a rendition of the Beastie Boys hit “Fight For Your Right (to party)” after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, was among those who continued to enjoy themselves.
This new image is sure to raise more questions for Kelce, who has already been criticized for smiling brightly in a photo with a police officer in the aftermath of the deadly shooting.
Kelce caused backlash with his antics at the parade, where he appeared beyond drunk
Terrified parade goers flee for their lives after gunmen opened fire shortly after the rally
A news release from the Jackson County Family Court said the youths are being held at the county’s juvenile detention center on weapons-related and resisting arrest charges. Additional charges are expected as the investigation continues.
No further information was released. Defendants age 17 and younger in Missouri are typically tried through the juvenile system, which is much more private than the adult system. Names of the suspects are not being released, nor are police documents such as probable cause statements.
In cases involving serious crimes such as murder, youth as young as 12 can be certified for trial as adults, said Lynn Urban, a professor who chairs the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Central Missouri.
Federal law prohibits the death penalty for anyone under the age of 18 at the time of the crime.
Police initially arrested three juveniles but released one, whom they determined was not involved in the shooting. Police are looking for others who may have been involved and are calling on witnesses, victims and those with mobile phone footage of the violence to call a special hotline.
Meanwhile, Kansas residents are turning to religious gatherings, vigils and counseling to try to cope with the horror of what happened.
A mother and a popular disc jockey were killed in a burst of gunfire on Wednesday as the parade and rally drew to a close, and 22 others – more than half of them children – were injured. As of Friday, two people remained in critical condition and one was in serious condition. Most of the injured children were out of the hospital and expected to recover.
But the emotional recovery is just beginning in a community shocked that two young people could cause such trauma. Police suspect that an argument between several people led to the shooting.
The slain woman was identified by radio station KKFI-FM as Lisa Lopez-Galvan, host of “Taste of Tejano.” On Friday, a family friend, Katrina Rojas Vincent, said she could feel Lopez-Galvan’s presence as she stood near the shooting scene.
“Her spirit will always be there to welcome people back to this location, to have no fear, to have no fear, to enjoy and live your life,” Vincent said.
She described Lopez-Galvan as a vibrant, giving person.