KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Two juveniles have been charged with crimes linked to the taking pictures on the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, authorities mentioned Friday.
A information launch from the Jackson County Family Court mentioned the juveniles are being detained within the county’s Juvenile Detention Center “on gun-related and resisting arrest charges.” The launch mentioned it’s “anticipated that additional charges are expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas City Police Department continues.”
No additional data was launched.
A mom of two was killed and 22 individuals have been injured by gunfire Wednesday afternoon, when photographs erupted amid the throng of followers gathered at a rally outdoors Union Station after a parade by means of the town. Police Chief Stacey Graves mentioned Thursday that victims ranged from ages 8 to 47, with half underneath 16.
Police initially detained three juveniles however launched one who they decided wasn’t concerned within the taking pictures. Police are on the lookout for others who could have been concerned and are calling for witnesses, victims and other people with cellphone video of the violence to name a devoted hotline.
The taking pictures outdoors Union Station occurred regardless of the presence of greater than 800 law enforcement officials who have been within the constructing and surrounding space, together with on high of close by constructions, mentioned Mayor Quinton Lucas, who attended together with his spouse and mom and ran for security when the photographs have been fired. But he doesn’t count on to cancel the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day parade.
“We have parades all the time. I don’t think they’ll end. Certainly we recognized the public safety challenges and issues that relate to them,” Lucas mentioned.
Wednesday’s celebration was the third such parade since 2020, and the others had no violence. People packed the parade route, with followers climbing timber and road poles for a greater view. Players rolled by means of on double-decker buses as DJs and drummers heralded their arrival.
The rally had simply ended and music was nonetheless blaring when the photographs started. Many individuals initially thought they have been listening to fireworks. Some within the crowd hit the bottom whereas others leapt over obstacles and sprinted, some carrying kids of their arms.
Eventually surprised rallygoers — many in tears — gathered their belongings, making an attempt to determine the right way to get residence. Strangers comforted one another as police put up crime scene tape the place moments earlier there had been a joyous celebration.
The police chief mentioned 1 million individuals probably attended the parade, which occurred in a metropolis of about 470,000 individuals and a metropolitan space of about 2 million, however harassed that the violence was wrought by only a handful of individuals.
“The law enforcement response was exemplary. Those in attendance also responded,” Graves added.
Among them was Trey Filter, who was strolling to the automotive together with his household when he heard yells of “get him.”
Filter, 40, who lives outdoors Wichita, Kansas, noticed a fleeing individual, prompting him and one other bystander to attempt to deal with him. Filter finally jumped on high of the individual.
“I don’t know what the hell I was thinking,” the proprietor of an asphalt and concrete firm recalled. “We was like, ‘We got him.’ I’ll always remember that. And then they started screaming, ‘There’s a gun!’”
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The gun fell close to his spouse, Casey Filter, who picked it up. At that time the fleeing individual was underneath a dogpile about 10 ft (3 meters) away.
Police didn’t determine Filter as a person who intervened or particularly say whether or not the individual he tackled was a suspect.
Hank Hunter, a Kansas highschool sophomore, mentioned he heard photographs within the distance whereas watching the rally with a buddy. Initially, they didn’t know what it was, however then, “like a chain reaction,” individuals began hitting the bottom.
They ran to leap over a barricade, and his buddy slammed his head into the concrete, Hunter mentioned. A safety guard ushered his buddy into Union Station, which was closed to most of the people, because the Chiefs gamers and coaches ready to depart on buses. There, coach Andy Reid consoled his buddy and “just tried to comfort him and calm him down.”
The slain girl was recognized by radio station KKFI-FM as Lisa Lopez-Galvan, host of “Taste of Tejano.”
Lopez-Galvan, whose DJ identify was “Lisa G,” was an extrovert and devoted mom from a outstanding Latino household within the space, mentioned Rosa Izurieta and Martha Ramirez, two childhood pals who labored along with her at a staffing firm.
Taylor Swift, who’s relationship Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce, donated $100,000 to Lopez-Galvan’s household by means of GoFundMe campaigns.
Kansas City has lengthy struggled with gun violence, and in 2020 it was amongst 9 cities focused by the U.S. Justice Department in an effort to crack down on violent crime. In 2023, the town matched a document with 182 homicides, most of which concerned weapons.
Lucas has joined with mayors throughout the nation in calling for brand spanking new legal guidelines to scale back gun violence, together with mandating common background checks.
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McFetridge reported from Des Moines, Iowa, and Funk reported from Omaha, Nebraska. Associated Press writers Jim Salter in St. Louis and John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas, contributed.
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