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Cleanup underway at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 15, following a shooting that took place at the end of a rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl win.

Police are investigating a shooting that killed one person and wounded more than 20 others on Wednesday. The shooting happened after a rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win.

Here’s what we know so far:

• Victims: The woman killed has been identified as Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a local DJ and a mom of two kids, according to her family and police. More than 20 others were hurt, ranging from 8 to 47 years old, according to Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves. Half of those people were under the age of 16, she added. A majority of the patients admitted to University Health Truman Medical Center and Children’s Mercy Kansas City have been discharged, hospital officials.
• What happened: The shooting was a personal dispute between “several people” in which others were wounded, Graves said. She said there was no link to terrorism or homegrown extremism.
• No one charged: Initially, police detained three people for further investigation — one adult and two juveniles, according to Graves. The adult was released Thursday afternoon after police determined they were not involved, a spokesperson for the police department said. Two juveniles still in custody have not yet been charged, but police are working with juvenile prosecutors to “review investigative findings,” officials added.
• Ongoing investigation: Bullets and shell casings left behind at the scene of the shooting are key pieces of evidence being analyzed to determine a possible connection to the people in police custody as well as any other possible suspects, a law enforcement source told CNN. Police said they recovered an unspecified number of guns. ATF investigators will also look at whether the bullets or shell casings match any of those firearms or any weapons in databases, according to the source.
• Witness accounts: One man said he overheard an altercation before the shooting where a woman told a presumed shooter, “Don’t do it, not here; this is stupid.” He said the person pulled out a gun and “started shooting and spinning in a circle,” Jacob Gooch, Sr. told CBS’ Gayle King. KansasCity Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith told ABC he found shelter in a closet and guided others to safety. He also helped calm scared kids, as did cornerback L’Jarius Sneed.

One of the three people detained in the wake of Wednesday’s Super Bowl celebration shooting has been released, the Kansas City Police Department said. That person was determined not to have been involved, a police spokesperson tells CNN.

Only two juvenile teens are currently in custody in connection with the incident, according to the police department.

“A third person who was in custody was determined to not be involved,” spokesperson Alayna Gonzalez said.

“The two juveniles are currently being held in custody while we work with juvenile prosecutors to review investigative findings and determine applicable charges,” the spokesperson added. “The juvenile court system determines the custody status of all juvenile arrests.”

Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed said the shooting after Super Bowl celebrations on Wednesday brought back memories of being a target of gun violence.

“It just brings back trauma, brings back (bad) times,” Sneed told ESPN’s Hannah Storm on Thursday. “It’s not something you want to be in — never. Just, in that moment, I just knew what to do and how to comfort the kids at that moment.”

Sneed said he and others rushed into a building when the chaos started. The four-year NFL pro said kids “surrounded me” while seeking shelter in a basem*nt.

“I tried to comfort them in that situation. Just tell them everything is OK. Just rubbing their back(s) and just be like, ‘Everything’s going to be fine,’” he said.

“It’s very sad,” he told ESPN. “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.”

A majority of the patients admitted to University Health Truman Medical Center and Children’s Mercy Kansas City have been discharged, hospital officials confirmed Thursday afternoon.

At University Health Truman Medical Center, eight of the 12 patients have been released. Of the four still being treated, three suffered gunshot wounds and one sustained a broken bone while trying to flee the scene, according to doctors.

Two of the gunshot victims are in critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit, Dr. Dustin Neel said. He called one a “young gentleman” and the other an “older woman,” and said they were the first two patients the hospital received.

Children’s Mercy Kansas City said they initially admitted 12 people after the shooting — 11 children and one adult. Nine of the children had gunshot wounds. All but three patients have been discharged as of Thursday, hospital officials said.

Those three still in the hospital are children, Chief Nursing Officer Stephanie Meyer said. She said they have been stabilized and all are doing well and expected to make full recoveries.

Radio traffic between law enforcement and other emergency responders details the response to Wednesday’s shooting at theChiefsvictory rally at Union Station in Kansas City.

In the Broadcastifychannel Kansas City Metro Area Fire, EMS, and Police, authorities can be heard working to get medical personnel to wounded victims and coordinate the search for suspects.

“Fire’s getting reports of shots fired at (unintelligible) and Main … there’s a bunch of people running, can we get more people down here?” one person said.

On the radio, responders are heard reporting a shooting on the west side of Union Station and dispatching emergency medics. Later, officers take one person into custody and start to try to clear the crowd out.

“Do we have our party in custody yet?” one person asked.
“We’ve got one party in custody. I don’t know how many shooters we had. We’ve got two guns located over here with us,” another person replies.
“Copy that, what do you need?” the person said.
“Right now, I think we just gotta get people out of here. If you could send more officers to kind of help clear the crowd,” they answer.

President Joe Biden is devastated but “also frustrated”by Wednesday’s mass shooting in Kansas City that killed one person and injured more than 20 others, the White House said Thursday.

“This gun violence epidemic is, you know, really destroying our communities, is having an effect on our communities, and he is going to do everything that he can to continue to move forward with protecting our communities, but Congress needs to act, Congress needs to act,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.

In a statement lamenting the shooting Wednesday, Biden mourned that the celebration “turned to tragedy,” before calling on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, limit high-capacity magazines and strengthen background checks.

The press secretary wouldn’t say if Biden plans to speak to the victims or travel to Kansas City.

An undated photo of Lisa Lopez-Galvan.

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The family of the woman killed in a shooting after a Super Bowl celebration for the Kansas City Chiefs is remembering her as an amazing mother, wife and daughter.

RadioDJ Lisa Lopez-Galvandied after getting shotatthe rally, her family and her employer KKFI 90.1 FM have said, and police confirmed her death on Thursday.

“We are heartbroken with the loss of our loved one, Elizabeth ‘Lisa,’” her family said in a statement, adding that she leaves behind her husband and two kids.

“We ask to please keep our family in your prayers as we grieve the loss of Lisa’s death while also supporting our other loved ones who were impacted in this senseless act,” the family said.

CNN’s Chris Boyette contributed reporting to this post.

A law enforcement officer looks around the scene after the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14.

Bullets and shell casings left behind at the scene of Wednesday’s shooting after the Chiefs Super Bowl rally in Kansas City, Missouri, are key pieces of evidence being analyzed to determine a possible connection to individuals currently in custody — as well as any possible additional suspects — a law enforcement source told CNN.

Specialists from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are also analyzing bullets recovered at the scene and in victims to determine which gun was responsible for killing or injuring specific people, the source said.

Ejected casings are additionally being studied to identify whether unique markings left behind on a shell casing by a gun during firing — similar to a fingerprint — match other shootings in law enforcement databases, the source said.

On Wednesday, Kansas City police said three people had been detained, and an unspecified number of guns were recovered by police.

In addition to helping tie those guns to rounds fired at the scene, the source said ATF investigators are working to determine whether any bullets and shell casings recovered fail to fit the unique profile of those recovered weapons, which could indicate additional suspects are at large.

Emergency personnel arrive at the scene after the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday, February 14.

Half of the over 20 people injured in the shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally are under the age of 16, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said.

The victims range in age from 8 to 47 years old, according to Graves. The one person who has died from the shooting was 43 years old, she confirmed. CNNpreviously reported that Lisa Lopez-Galvan, aKansasCity-area radio DJ, died during the shooting and was identified by KKFI radio 90.1 FM.

There were 22 victims of the shooting who were treated at the scene and transported by emergency personnel, said Kansas City Interim Fire Chief Ross Grundyson on Thursday. Of those taken to hospitals, there were eight critical patients in critical condition, seven in serious condition and six with minor injuries. He said all the critical patients were transported off the scene within 10 minutes of first responders’ arrival.

The number treated and transported by first responders may not include everyone who was injured, as some victims may have sought treatment on their own after fleeing the scene.

Free counseling services are now available to anyone in the Kansas City community after a shooting after the Chiefs Super Bowl parade on Wednesday, according to the Jackson County prosecutor’s office.

Counselors and social workers will be available at the United Church of Christ in Brookside from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to the office, and the services are free. The Child Protection Center will also have resources there, it said.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas also said people can call “988” to be connected with services. Victim advocacy information will also be available soon, he said at a news conference Thursday.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas speaks during a press conference on Thursday.

When asked if Kansas City would hold another parade for any future championships by the Chiefs, Mayor Quinton Lucas said Thursday that the city is not done hosting parades.

“We have a plan for a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Kansas City. We have parades all the time. I don’t think they’ll end,” he said. “Certainly we recognize the public safety challenges at issue that relate to them.”

“Unfortunately, this is not the first shooting at a parade in our country or a rally,” he said. “That is certainly a tragic incident for us because we don’t have experience with them.”

“We’ve had parades like this before,” he said. “We had one last year without this type of incident. We had a Kansas City Royals parade where we had almost no arrests in 2015. So I don’t think in anyway that this is Kansas City. I do think there is a gun violence challenge in this community and many others.”

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves speaks during a press conference on Thursday.

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said the investigation into the deadly shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally remains ongoing and the department has yet to charge the individuals involved in the incident.

“We have not charged them yet; this is still under investigation,” Graves said at a news conference Thursday.

“We do have 24 hours until we have to either file charges or release them,” Graves added. “We are working closely with the Jackson County prosecutor’s office to present the most successful case for prosecution.”

Two of the detained are juveniles, according to the police chief.

A law enforcement official told CNN the three people in custody are all believed to have been involved in a personal dispute and that, initially, 10 people were questioned. The status of the other seven who were questioned is unclear.

Bakerposted on X Thursday morning: “We will get through this together. We will get answers. We will heal together. And we will fight together. And I will use every tool at my disposal under Missouri law that allows me to address this tragedy.”

This post has been updated with additional comments from the prosecutor and details on those who have been detained and questioned.

CNN’s Chris Boyette contributed to this post.

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves speaks during a press conference on Thursday.

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said there was no link to terrorism or homegrown extremism in Wednesday’s shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally. She said it was a personal dispute in which other people were injured.

“Preliminary investigative findings have shown there was no nexus to terrorism or homegrown violent extremism,” Graves said at a news conference Thursday.

“This appeared to be a dispute between several people that ended in gunfire,” she added.

Several law enforcement officials earlier also told CNN that the incident is believed to have been the result of a personal dispute in the area,rather than an attack on the celebration itself.

Police cordon off the area around Union Station following the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14.

Wednesday’s mass shooting that left at least one dead and 30 injured in Kansas City, Missouri, after the Chiefs Super Bowl celebration is believed to have been the result of a personal dispute in the area,rather than an attack on the celebration itself, according to several law enforcement officials.

One of those officialssaid the three people currently in custody are all believed to have been involved in the dispute, and that initially, 10 people were questioned. The status of the other seven who were questioned is unclear.

Marquez Valdes-Scantling looks on during a preseason game in August 2023.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling said he’d like to get in touch with the families of Wednesday’s shooting victims, and he’s turning to Twitter to help him do so.

“Any chance anyone can help me get in touch with these kids or families?,” he tweeted “First off I want to make sure they’re doing ok. But would love to help them out any way I can and get them some stuff from the team to help with the recovery.”

His tweet was retweeting an earlier tweet from an NFL Network correspondent that reported that Children’s Mercy hospital in Kansas City is treating 12 patients from the rally, with 11 of them being children, and nine having suffered gunshot wounds.

On Wednesday evening, authorities were still working to determine the exact number of victims, which Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves put at 22 shot, including the person who died. Four hospitals together received 30 patients – 19 with gunshot wounds – from the shooting, their staffs told CNN.

Emergency personnel arrive at the scene of the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14.

An additional person reported to a Kansas City hospital for treatment Wednesday following the shooting after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade celebration, according to a hospital spokesperson — bringing the reported total of people injured to 30.

Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City treated a fifth patient yesterday “for minor injuries,” Media Relations Director Emily Hohenberg told CNN. It had previously confirmed four total patients, one of whom had a gunshot wound.

The patient admitted with a gunshot wound is in critical condition, Hohenberg told CNN.

The other four patients treated at the hospital were “walk-in patients with minor injuries from fleeing the scene,” she said, and all have since been released.

University Health Truman Medical Center also offered an update on patients Thursday morning.

Communications Director Keith King told CNN two of the hospital’s eight gunshot victims remain in critical condition. University Health received 12 total patients on Wednesday.

CNN has reached out to Children’s Mercy hospital and the University of Kansas Health System for updates on the remaining 13 patients.

This post has been updated with the condition of patients at Saint Luke’s Hospital.

Trey Smith stands on the sidelines prior to a Kansas City Chiefs game in October 2023.

KansasCity Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith took cover like so many other bystanders when gunfire erupted after a Super Bowl celebration Wednesday, leaving one dead and more than 20 injured, but he helped calm frightened people trying to escape the danger, including children.

Smith told ABC that a security guard ushered them away when the shooting started, and he realized, “‘OK, this is not a joke. It’s the life-and-death-type situation.’”

Smith said he found shelter in a closet and guided others to safety.

“Right before I run in there, there’s like a little kid in front of me, so I just grabbed him — just yanked him — (and) was telling him, ‘You’re hopping in here with me, buddy,’ so I don’t know how many people that were in the closet. Maybe 20-plus?”

Smith saidKansasCity Chiefs long snapper James Winchester was also “very instrumental in helping keep people calm.”

After authorities cleared them to leave the closet, they walked to the team buses, which quickly filled with the frightened bystanders.

Smith, who had been carrying a World Wrestling Entertainment championship belt as a prop through the Super Bowl parade, noticed a small boy who he said was panicked.

Kansas City shooting survivor Jacob Gooch, Sr., who was shot in the ankle, told “CBS Mornings” on Thursday that he overheard an altercation prior to the mass shooting following a parade and rally for the Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday.

Gooch told CBS’ Gayle King that before gunfire started, he heard a woman tell a presumed shooter, “don’t do it, not here; this is stupid.”

Gooch said his wife and daughter then saw a gun being drawn.

“My daughter said that some lady was like holding him back, and people had started backing up, and then he pulled it out and just started shooting and spinning in a circle,” he told King.

Gooch said he, his wife and his son were all shot. He told CBS his wife was shot in the calf, while Gooch was shot in the ankle and sustained breaks to a few metatarsal bones in his foot. Gooch did not specify his son’s injuries or provide an update on his son’s medical status.

Police respond to the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14.

Authorities are looking for a motive in the shooting at the end of theKansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally on Wednesday in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The shooting left one person dead and more than 20 injured.

This is everything we know so far:

• Shooting in large crowd: An estimated 1 million people gathered Wednesday just steps from Union Station in Kansas City for the parade and rally to mark the Chiefs’repeat championship win, with players still on the stage when the chaos erupted. A victory rally following the parade featured several players toasting the team’s connection with the city. The event wrapped up, and then, gunshots rang out.
• Police investigation: Police now are collecting physical and digital evidence and interviewing witnesses and victims, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives both responded to Kansas City to help police, a Justice Department spokesperson said. The FBI hasset up a websiteasking for tips or videos.
• Three detained: Three people were detained and an unspecified number of guns recovered as officers converged, said Graves. No charges have been announced and no suspects have been named. “We do not have a motive, but we are asking those who may potentially have any kind of information, a witness or video, to contact police,” the chief said at a Wednesday news conference. A rally attendee, Paul Contreras, told CNN that he tackled someone, knockinga gun to the ground. Police arrived at the scene and handcuffed the person pinned to the ground, video shows. It’s unclear if the person who was tackled was among those police said they detained.

• The victims: Graves said during a news conference Wednesday that 22 people were shot in the incident, one of whom died from their injuries. But the police are still working on the total number of those injured. RadioDJ Lisa Lopez-Galvandied after getting shotatthe rally, her employer KKFI 90.1 FM said. Police have not identified the person who died in the shooting or provided any details on her death. Four hospitals together received 29 patients – 19 with gunshot wounds – from the shooting, their staff told CNN. Children’s Mercy Hospital received11 children between ages 6 and 15 – nine who’d been shot – from the scene, hospital spokesperson Lisa Augustine said.
• Players speak out: The Kansas City Chiefs organization saidin a statementit was saddened by the shooting and called it a “senseless act of violence.” Star tight end TravisKelce expressed anguishover the shooting: “I am heartbroken over the tragedy that took place today. My heart is with all who came out to celebrate with us and have been affected. KC, you mean the world to me,”he posted on X, formerly Twitter. Defensive end Charles Omenihu offered condolences and also commented on gun laws: “Prayers for those affected at today’s parade. A time of celebration ends in tragedy. When are we going to fix these gun laws ? How many more people have to die to say enough is enough ? It’s too easy for the wrong people to obtain guns in America and that’s a FACT,” he wrote on X.

Justin Reid stands on the sidelines ahead of a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023.

Kansas City Chiefs safety Justin Reid has called on leaders to address gun violence after Wednesday’s deadly mass shooting at the team’s Super Bowl celebration parade.

“This🤬is SAD man! Kids are being shot and somebody didn’t come home tonight. We cannot allow this to be normal. We cannot ourselves to become numb and chalk it up to ‘just another shooting in America’ and reduce people in statistics and then move on tmrw,” he wrote on X.

Reid called on leaders to find solutions to gun violence to protect future generations.

“This is a SERIOUS PROBLEM!! I pray our leaders enact real solutions so our kids’ kids won’t know this violence.”

Family members of a woman killed during Wednesday’s shooting at theKansasCity Chiefs Super Bowl celebration are among those injured.

Lisa Lopez-Galvan, aKansasCity-area radio DJ, died during the shooting and was identified by KKFI radio 90.1 FM, CNNpreviously reported.

Lopez-Galvan was the sister of Lee’s Summit Mayor Pro Tem Beto Lopez,according to Lee’s Summit Mayor Bill Baird. Lee’s Summit is located about 20 miles southeast ofKansasCity.

“Our dear friend Mayor Pro Tem Beto Lopez and his family need our prayers now and tonight,” Baird said. “His family members were victims in the parade today.”

Baird added that two of Lopez’s nieces and a nephew were among those injured during the shooting.

“This is truly heartbreaking and an absolute tragedy,” Baird said. “Though we feel helpless we can pray for him and his family and offer our most sincere condolences and empathy.”

Police respond to the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14.

The FBI hasset up a websiteasking for tips or videos from the Super Bowl parade shooting that took place on Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City.

“FBI and KCPD are requesting any videos from the Super Bowl shooting and any video of shooters attempting to flee the scene,” the website says in part.

Anyone with any information, photos, or videos is encouraged by police and the FBI to submit them to the website.

An undated photo of Lisa Lopez-Galvan.

Lisa Lopez-Galvan, aKansas City-area radio DJ, died after being shotatthe Chiefs victory rally, according to a post shared by her employer, KKFI radio 90.1 FM.

“It is with sincere sadness and an extremely heavy and broken heart that we let our community know that KKFI DJ Lisa Lopez, host of Taste of Tejano lost her life,” the stationshared on Facebook.

Police have not provided any details surrounding her death.

“Lisa was one of our programmers/DJs on Taste of Tejano.Like all our programmers, she was a volunteer who donated her time and talent to KKFI.Along with her co-producer/DJ Tommy Andrade, their show has brought a voice to the KC community that is missed in the mainstream media,” Kelly Dougherty, the station’s director of development and communications, said in an email to CNN.

“We are absolutely devastated at the loss of such an amazing person who gave so much to KKFI and the KC community,” Dougherty added.

Lopez-Galvan’s bio on the station’s website said she thought music “is Iife and a source of happiness.” She worked as a bilingual private DJ for over 15 years before becoming a co-host of Taste of Tejano in March of 2022.

Law enforcement and medical personnel gather around an injured person following the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14.

More than 20 people were being treated for injuries following the deadly shooting Wednesday after a massive celebration for the Super Bowl-winning Chiefs in Kansas City, Missouri, according to four local hospitals.

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said during a news conference that 22 people were shot in the incident, one of whom died from their wounds. But the police are still working on the total number of those wounded.

The hospitals told CNN that 19 of 29 patients were being treated for gunshot wounds.

• The University Health Truman Medical Center received 12 victims, eight of whom suffered gunshot wounds, according to Dr. Mark Steele. Of those with gunshot wounds, Steele said that two are in critical condition and six are in stable condition.
• The University of Kansas Health System is treating one gunshot victim from the incident, according to Alexis Del Cid, an anchor and host with the hospital system’s news network. Del Cid had no information on how many may have come to their hospital with other injuries.
• Children’s Mercy Hospital received12patients from the incident, according to Stephenie Meyer, senior vice president and chief nursing officer. Eleven of those are children between the ages of 6 and 15. Nine have gunshot wounds, she said at a news conference. All the patients were expected to recover fully, Meyer added.
• Threepatients walked into St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, according to spokesperson Laurel Gifford. They all had minor injuries. St. Luke’s is also treatingonegunshot victimwho is in critical condition, she said.

CNN’s Dianne Gallagher contributed to this report.

President Joe Biden speaks at the White House on February 13.

President Joe Biden called on Congress and the country to act in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting following a parade for the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs.

“It is time to act. That’s where I stand. And I ask the country to stand with me. To make your voice heard in Congress so we finally act to ban assault weapons, to limit high-capacity magazines, strengthen background checks, keep guns out of the hands of those who have no business owning them or handling them,” Biden said in a statement.

Biden remarked that the Super Bowl win should have been a joyous occasion.

“For this joy to be turned to tragedy today in Kansas City cuts deep in the American soul. Today’s events should move us, shock us, shame us into acting. What are we waiting for? What else do we need to see? How many more families need to be torn apart?”

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at campaign rally in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on February 2.

Vice President Kamala Harris called on Congress members to pass “reasonable gun safety laws” after Wednesday’s shooting following a parade for the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs.

“The reality of it is a lot of this can be prevented if members of legislatures, including the United States Congress, just have the courage to act with reasonable gun safety law,” Harris told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before stepping aboard Air Force 2 en route to the Munich Security Conference.

Harris added that her prayers are with those who have been affected by the shooting.

In September 2023, President Joe Biden established the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and tasked the vice president with overseeing the office.