Healing through tragedy: Galvan family reflects on loss a year after Chiefs rally shooting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A year ago on Feb. 14, 2024, Kansas City celebrated a Super Bowl victory.

It was a championship moment that should have been nothing but joy. But for the Galvan family, it became the beginning of a nightmare.

Forty-three-year-old Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a well-known radio host, DJ and mother became an innocent victim of gun violence.

For the first time, Lisa’s daughter sat down with KCTV5 to share her family’s journey of loss, grief and healing.

“I still get flashbacks from that day ‘til now. Always,” said Adriana Galvan, as she swiveled in her seat.

A day that’s difficult to forget, a day when one family’s world was shattered in a matter of minutes.

“The whole day was just great—until it wasn’t, obviously,” Adriana said as her voice cracked.

That mid-February day began as one of celebrations and anticipation for the Galvan family.

“At the beginning it was great. We were all laughing, enjoying ourselves, having a good time with just being around our family,” recalled Adriana.

Nineteen-year-old Adriana is the only member of her family ready to speak about what happened that afternoon.

“The Chiefs rally shooting, it was really just out of nowhere,” she said.

Adriana’s mother, Lisa Lopez Galvan, was killed when chaos erupted outside of Union Station. The grief for the Galvan family remains raw.

“She was pretty much the whole spirit of the house. She was the happiest one here. She did everything,” revealed Adriana.

The past year, Adriana, her brother, and her dad have all tried to figure out how to fill those gaps while still dealing with the pain—the pain so deep, they said, it still doesn’t feel real.

Adriana still talks to her mom, in quiet places and spaces, every day.

“Usually whenever I go to her gravesite, that’s probably like the best times that I do just have a good conversation with her,” she shared. “I always feel her presence and I’m always like ‘How are you doing? I feel you right now.’ I used to see her every day. Now? Nothing.”

Those moments and the bracelets Adriana wears in honor of her mom help to keep Lisa’s memory close.

“They all just say Lisa G or LLG,” she said as she touched them. Adriana said conversing about her mom helps with the healing process.

“I feel like any time I try talking about it, it just makes it seem like she’s still living, she’s still here,” she said, “I still think to this day that she’s still always looking out for us and just being there. Our shield.”

With this family’s journey to heal far from over, Adriana said she knows her mom would want their family to continue to live their lives.

“Take it one day at a time and just try to surround yourself with people that love you and you and will always be there for you,” said Adriana, “We’re always just going to have to keep moving forward for her because that’s what she would have wanted us to do.”

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