Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker responded to social media requests to help the family of Super Bowl parade shooting victim Lisa Lopez-Galvan. Lopez-Galvan was wearing a Butker jersey at the Super Bowl celebration when she was shot and killed in a shooting rampage that left more than a dozen others wounded.

Her family was seeking a Butker jersey so that she could be laid to rest with it. Butker agreed to help and called for the shooters to be brought to justice. The kicker said in a statement, “My wife Isabelle and I are heartbroken by the murder of Lisa due to degenerate violence. Murder is a sin that cries out to God for vengeance, and I pray the men involved in this tragedy will be brought to justice. Hearing that she was a fan of my outspokenness for our shared Catholic Faith makes this even more personal.”

He continued, “I am honored to provide a jersey to the family for her to wear. While the family is mourning their loss and grappling with their numerous injuries, I will continue to pray for their healing and the repose of Lisa’s soul.” Two adults, Dominic M. Miller, 18, of Kansas City, and 22-year-old Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, were charged with second-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action and the unlawful purpose of a weapon. They are each being held on $1 million bail.

“We seek to hold every shooter accountable for their actions on that day. Every single one,” Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker told reporters at a news briefing. According to Baker, more people are likely to be charged. Prosecutors believe Mays was in a verbal argument with another person with whom he had no connection. The argument quickly escalated, and Mays drew a handgun, Baker said. “Mays pulled his handgun first,” she said.

Miller then drew his handgun, authorities said. He is believed to have shot Lopez-Galvan, a local radio disc jockey and mother of two children, who died from her injuries.

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