What we know about the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting
Two juveniles are among three detained
Two juveniles are among three detained
Two juveniles are among three detained
Nearly two dozen people were wounded at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade Wednesday, resulting in multiple injuries and one death.
Here's what we know:
What happened?
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said Thursday that the shooting that left 22 people with gunshot wounds and a woman dead started as a dispute between several people at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Victory Parade and Rally.
Police said they detained three juveniles but released one who they determined wasn't involved in the shooting, leaving two in custody. The two juveniles in custody have been charged with crimes connected to the shooting, authorities said Friday.
Graves said on Wednesday that officers immediately responded to the area and performed life-saving measures to aid victims.
"We know officers ran towards danger," she said. "Officers were there to keep everyone safe."
Over 800 police officers were on scene, 600 of which were from the Kansas City Police Department.
"I'm angry at what happened today," Graves said. "The people who came to this celebration should expect a safe environment. We had over 800 law enforcement officers at this location."
Who was killed?
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a DJ for Kansas City's KKFI was killed in the shooting, the .
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Lopez-Galvan's two nieces and nephew were also injured, her brother told KMBC.
"Our dear friend Mayor Pro Tem Beto Lopez and his family need our prayers now and tonight," said Lee's Summit Mayor Bill Baird.
"His family members were victims in the parade today. His sister was killed. He has two nieces and a nephew also injured in the horrific shooting. This is truly heartbreaking and an absolute tragedy. Though we feel helpless we can pray for him and his family and offer our most sincere condolences and empathy. Beto and Venessa, we love you바카라 게임 웹사이트 We are praying for you바카라 게임 웹사이트 We will pray even harder as you deal with the loss and heartache."
Taylor Swift on Friday made two $50,000 donations to a for Lopez-Galvan's family.
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Who are the other victims?
The 22 people injured in the shooting ranged in age from 8 to 47, and half of them were under the age of 16, Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a news conference on Thursday.
Of the eight gunshot victims taken to one hospital on Wednesday, officials said two were still in critical condition on Thursday morning and five had been discharged. The hospital was treating four people who had been injured in the chaos after the shooting, and three of them had been discharged. An official at a second hospital said Thursday that one gunshot victim there remains in critical condition and four people injured in the aftermath of the shooting were treated and released.
At a children바카라 게임 웹사이트s hospital, an official said Thursday that nine of the 12 patients they received from the celebration have been released. Of the 11 children they treated between 6 and 15, nine of them had gunshot wounds. All were expected to recover.
Video below: 'There was a woman crying': Witnesses describe aftermath of shooting at Chiefs rally
Who's responsible?
Two juveniles have been charged with crimes connected to the shooting, authorities said Friday.
A news release from the Jackson County Family Court said the juveniles are being detained in the county바카라 게임 웹사이트s Juvenile Detention Center 바카라 게임 웹사이트on gun-related and resisting arrest charges.바카라 게임 웹사이트 The release said it is 바카라 게임 웹사이트anticipated that additional charges are expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas City Police Department continues.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Due to the juvenile status of those charged, no further information was released.
Police did not release details about a possible motive.
Investigators were asking witnesses, people with cellphone footage and victims of the violence to come forward.
What did witnesses describe?
Sister station KMBC's Lara Moritz said a crowd surrounded someone on the ground.
A KMBC photographer said he heard shots fired on the scene.
Social media users posted shocking videos. One user바카라 게임 웹사이트s video showed someone apparently performing chest compressions on a shooting victim as another person, seemingly writhing in pain, lay on the ground nearby. People screamed in the background.
Parade and rally attendee Alyssa Marsh-Contreras captured video of her father Paul Contreras, reportedly tackling an alleged shooter before police got to him.
Contreas told KMBC a gun could be seen falling away from the person.
Video below: Person detained after shooting during Kansas City Super Bowl parade
Lisa Money, of Kansas City, Kansas, was trying to gather some confetti near the end of the parade when she heard somebody yell "Down, down, everybody down!"
At first, Money thought somebody might be joking until she saw the SWAT team jumping over the fence.
"I can't believe it really happened. Who in their right mind would do something like this? This is supposed to be a day of celebration for everybody in the city and the surrounding area. and then you바카라 게임 웹사이트ve got some idiot that wants to come along and do something like this," she said.
The police chief said the parade likely attracted 1 million people in the city with a population of about 470,000 people and a metropolitan area of about 2 million. But the gunshots sent fans who had come out to cheer their team scrambling for safety.
Hank Hunter, a sophomore at a Kansas high school, and a friend ran when people started hitting the ground. After his friend got hurt jumping a barricade, a guard ushered him into Union Station, where Chiefs Coach Andy Reid consoled the teen.
Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith shared his WWE title belt to help calm a young boy in the aftermath of the shooting. Smith, who sported the belt during the celebration, noticed the frightened boy, who was with his father. He told Good Morning America that he and long snapper James Winchester were among those sheltering in a closet and that Winchester 바카라 게임 웹사이트was very instrumental in keeping people calm.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Gene Hamilton, 61, of Wichita, Kansas, said he was sitting in the area when he heard what sounded like a lot of fireworks and everyone was running. He made plans with another person to kneel behind a stone wall if needed. Hamilton said he found it unnerving that the upbeat rally music continued amid the confusion.
Manuel Vigil, 43, said he heard shots that sounded like fireworks as he posed for pics with a group near where the band had played. It was so shocking that no one ran at first, he said.
Two members of the crowd could be seen in a video tackling a person. Trey Filter of Wichita, Kansas, said in an interview with ABC바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트Good Morning America,바카라 게임 웹사이트 that he saw someone being chased and took action. He and another man kept the person pinned down until officers arrived. It wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t immediately clear if the person he held down was involved in the shooting, but Filter바카라 게임 웹사이트s wife, Casey, saw a gun nearby and picked it up.
Video below: Chiefs rally attendees confirm that they heard gunshots at Super Bowl Rally
Ofilio Martinez, 48, said he heard shots fired a couple blocks away about 10 or 15 minutes before the gunfire near the Union Station rally.
"This is making me nervous, scared," he said.
Kevin Sanders, 53, of Lenexa, Kansas, said he heard what sounded like firecrackers and then people running. After that initial flurry, calm returned, and he didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t think much of it. But he said 10 minutes later, ambulances started showing up.
"It sucks that someone had to ruin the celebration, but we are in a big city," Sanders said.
Is the team OK?
The Kansas City Chiefs have released a statement on Wednesday's shooting:
"We are truly saddened by the senseless act of violence that occurred outside of Union Station at the conclusion of today's parade and rally. Our hearts go out to the victims, their families, and all of Kansas City. We are in close communication with the Mayor's office as well as the Kansas City Police Department. At this time, we have confirmed that all of our players, coaches, staff and their families are safe and accounted for. We thank the local law enforcement officers and first responders who were on-scene to assist."
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes reacted to Wednesday's shooting that left one person dead and injured at least 10 in Kansas City.
"Praying for Kansas City," .
