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1 Dead, 22 Injured in Shooting at Super Bowl Victory Parade in Kansas City

HeadlineFeb 15, 2024

In Kansas City, Missouri, at least one person died and 22 were wounded during a shooting at a parade to celebrate Sunday’s Super Bowl victory by the Kansas City Chiefs. A beloved local DJ and mother named Lisa Lopez-Galvan was killed in the shooting. She hosted a show called “Taste of Tejano” on the local community radio station KKFI that also airs Democracy Now! The Kansas City Fire Department said eight of the shooting victims suffered “immediately life-threatening injuries.” Nine of the shooting victims were children. Police have detained three people in connection to the shooting. Police are still determining a motive but have ruled out terrorism. This is Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves.

Police Chief Stacey Graves: “I’m angry at what happened today. The people who came to this celebration should expect a safe environment. We had over 800 law enforcement officers, Kansas City and other agencies, at the location to keep everyone safe. Because of bad actors, which were very few, this tragedy occurred, even in the presence of uniformed law enforcement officers, who, again, ran towards them and took them into custody.”

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said he and his wife had to run for safety during the shooting.

Mayor Quinton Lucas: “Parades, rallies, schools, movies — it seems like almost nothing is safe. And we had hundreds of law enforcement there working hard today.”

Missouri has some of the weakest gun control laws in the country, with no universal background checks, no assault weapon restrictions, no ban on large-capacity magazines, no waiting periods to purchase a gun and no domestic violence gun laws.

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