Kansas City shooting: Two teens charged as children released from hospital
Thousands of fans were gathered in Kansas City to celebrate the Chief’s Super Bowl triumph
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Two juveniles have been charged in connection to Wednesday’s shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade.
“The juveniles are currently detained in secure detention at the Juvenile Detention Center on gun related and resisting arrest charges,” the Jackson County Family Court Division said in a statement. “It is anticipated that additional charges are expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas City Police Department continues.”
Officials have yet to release the suspects’ names.
Of the 22 people who suffered gunshot injuries during the shooting, more than half of the victims are under the age of 16, police said.
The victims ranged in age from eight to 47 years old.
The deceased has been identified as local DJ and mother-of-two, Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan.
A GoFundMe started by the family of Ms Lopez-Galvan raised more than $190,000 with Taylor Swift donating most of the proceeds.
On the official GoFundMe page, the top donator remains to be Ms Swift, who attended the Super Bowl to cheer on her boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce. Ms Swift donated $50,000 twice to the family’s fundraiser and sent her “deepest sympathies and condolences.”
On Saturday, Children’s Mercy hospital announced that all 12 shooting patients were released. A patient at another hospital remains in critical condition.
The same day, more than 100 people gathered in Kansas City for gun safety group Moms Demand Action’s rally calling to end gun violence.
Local officials, including Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, were also in attendance, according to KSHB.
“I’m angry, I’m frustrated,” volunteer Tara Bennett told the outlet. “I’m frustrated because I know there are things that can be done, we just have to have the courage to do them.”
Jackson County Legislator Manny Abarca also shared his experience at Wednesday’s shooting. He said he was with his daughter.
“She said, ‘Daddy this is a drill right? This is a drill?’” Mr Abarca recalled his daughter asking him. “I said, ‘Yes, it is,’ because in that moment I needed her to act like it was a drill.”
Watch: Moment Kansas City shooting erupts on live news broadcast
Trey Filter was standing among a sea of around one million people who lined the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade route on Wednesday when he heard the shots ring out.
The lifelong Chiefs fan initially thought it was firecrackers going off, before a sense of panic swept through the crowd.
“There was a huge commotion. It felt like there was a rat loose or something,” he told The Independent in a phone interview on Thursday morning.
Mr Filter, who was attending Wednesday’s victory parade with his wife Casey and their sons Gage, 15, and Levi, 12, said dozens of crowdgoers began rushing past them.
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Kansas City tragedy marked 47th mass shooting in 2024
Wednesday’s shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade was the 47th mass shooting in the US of 2024, according to the tracker Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as when four or more people are shot, not including the shooter.
On Wednesday, 22 people were shot and one person — a mother of two and beloved radio DJ — was killed. Half the gunshot victims were under the age of 16. Police have charged two juveniles in connection with the shooting, officials said Friday afternoon.
Who are the victims of the Kansas City shooting?
At least 23 people were shot, including multiple children, in a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade near Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday.
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a press conference on Thursday that half of the victims shot in the attack are children while one victim – a 43-year-old mother-of-two – died.
So far, the investigation has found that the shooting may have stemmed from a dispute between people and was not terrorism-related, police said.
Prosecutors with the Jackson County, Missouri Family Court Division charged two juveniles in connection to the shooting, officials said in a statement on Friday morning. That news comes after officials detainedthree individuals in connection to the shooting. One of the three was released Thursday without charge.
Read more about those wounded in Wednesday’s shooting:
Who are the victims of the Kansas City shooting?
Lisa Lopez-Galvan was a 43-year-old mother of two and local radio DJ
ICYMI: 10-year-old who was shot describes Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting
The Independent’s Sheila Flynn spoke to a 10-year-old boy who was shot at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade. Read more about her conversation with Samuel Arellano:
10-year-old’s bullet wound found at home after Chiefs parade shooting
Samuel Arellano, 10, only discovered he was among the 22 injured in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs parade on Wednesday when he found the bullet wound at home
Updates from the hospital
Children’s Mercy Hospital was treating 12 patients after Wednesday’s shooting — 11 of whom were children and nine of whom suffered from gunshot wounds. On Saturday, the hosptial announced that all of them had been released.
“Again, thank you for your support and grace with our team members this past week,” Children’s Mercy Hospital told Fox4 in a statement. “Remember to take some time to care for yourself as well, especially our friends in the media that were at the parade/rally that day.”
University Health also is caring for three shooting victims, telling the outlet that one patient is in critical condition.
Kansas City tragedy marked 47th mass shooting in 2024
Wednesday’s shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade was the 47th mass shooting in the US of 2024, according to the tracker Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as when four or more people are shot, not including the shooter.
On Wednesday, 22 people were shot and one person — a mother of two and beloved radio DJ — was killed. Half the gunshot victims were under the age of 16. Police have charged two juveniles in connection with the shooting, officials said Friday afternoon.
ICYMI: See photographs from a Thursday evening candlelight vigil in Kansas City for victims of Wednesday’s shooting
ICYMI: Two Kansas Chiefs players helped kids during the shooting
Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith told ABC News he helped a child take cover in a closet during Wednesday’s shooting.
“There’s like a little kid in front of me, so I just grabbed him — just yanked him,” Mr Smith said. “Just told him, ‘You’re hopping in here with me, buddy.’”
“He’s scared, he doesn’t know what’s going on,” Mr Smith continnued. “I had the WWE belt on me the entire parade, and I thought, ‘what can I do to help out?’ I just handed him the belt: ‘hey buddy, you’re a champion, no one’s going to hurt you, no one’s going to hurt you man, we’ve got your back.’ We started talking about wrestling.”
Half of those shot on Wednesday were under 16 years old.
The team’s cornerback, L’Jarius Sneed, also said he tried to provide comfort to kids in the aftermath of the shooting.
“It’s very sad,” Mr Sneed told ESPN on Thursday. “Just for the kids. They are trying to celebrate something, a big accomplishment for us. We were just trying to celebrate it with them, and for that to happen is very tragic.”
ICYMI: Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes donate thousands to #KCStrong Fund
The Kansas City Chiefs, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and other affiliated organizations have donated thousands to the #KCStrong fund, which will primarily be used to support victims and their families.
United Way on Friday told FOX4 that the Chiefs, Hunt Family Foundation and the NFL were donating $200,000 to the campaign. Mahomes and his foundation, meanwhile, have already donated $50,000, the outlet reported.
Read more on how Chiefs players are helping families through Wednesday’s shooting from The Independent’s Sheila Flynn:
Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire helped shelter young fan in parade shooting
Clyde Edwards-Helaire, who was involved in the fatal shooting of a man trying to rob him in 2018, was among the players consoling and sheltering fans in the aftermath of Wednesday’s tragic events
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