KC Strong fund pays medical bills for 20 people injured at Chiefs rally shooting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Nearly two dozen people injured in the shooting at the Super Bowl Rally will finally receive thousands of dollars donated by the community.

The United Way said it notified 20 individuals Thursday morning that they would receive payments ranging between $20,000 and $100,000 to cover medical bills. The organization said it worked with a law firm to fully all 20 victims suffered gunshot injuries in the shooting at the rally.

The total claims paid to victims equaled $1.2 million.

The United Way said payments were made June 27.

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More than 4,000 people donated a total of $2 million to the KC Strong Fund following the shooting on February 14.

The remainder of the fund will be divided between 14 Kansas City-area organizations. The United Way said the organizations have also been vetted. They will split more than $830,000 that will be used to tens of thousands of community in the future.

The full report on how the United Way handled the money donated to the KC Strong Fund is available at Unitedwaygkc.org.

The shooting killed Teresa Lopez-Galvan and injured 22 others.

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Earlier this month some of the victims of the rally said they were becoming frustrated about waiting for the funding. At that time they said they didn’t know how much longer they would wait to pay mounting medical bills. Others said they hadn’t been able to return to work following the shooting and were running out of money to pay rent and buy groceries.

The United Way said everyone who applied for the KC Strong Fund money needed to be verified before the funds would be paid.

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