Though the police have admitted to arresting three individuals in connection with Wednesday's heinous mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' celebratory Super Bowl parade, none have yet been charged.
The Kansas City Police Department now has 24 hours to file charges, or the suspects will have to be released. They are all accused of shooting up the parade, which had thousands of fans in attendance as well as over 850 cops from both the Kansas City Department and other jurisdictions, killing a mother and radio host and injuring 21 others, including eight children.
Two of the three people detained were juveniles, with firearms recovered during the chaos that ensued after the first shots were fired. Details about the third remain hazy. Police Chief Stacey Graves said the department is desperately calling for witnesses, anyone with phone footage or any of the victims, to come forward and provide more information that might help the department officially press charges.
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Police have not yet charged any of the three detained suspects in the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting, and they have 24 hours to do so (Getty Images)"We are working to determine the involvement of others. And it should be noted we have recovered several firearms. This incident is still a very active investigation," Graves said at a news conference.
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The shooting has been described as a dispute that occurred between several people in the crowd, with Graves stating that it was not an act of terrorism but rather a very nasty isolated incident that carried with it immense collateral damage. She added in a press conference on Thursday that those injured were between the ages of 8 and 47, with half of the victims under the age of 16.
The woman who died, Lisa Lopez-Galvan, served as a DJ known as 'Lisa G' for local radio stations in Kansas City and was a mother of two. She worked for KKFI-FM and she hosted the show 'Taste of Tejano.' It was reported that she died after being rushed to a local hospital for emergency surgery for a gunshot wound she suffered to the stomach. Other victims were also rushed to one of three local hospitals, with seven initially listed in critical condition.
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Several of the 22 victims of the shooting are still in critical condition (AFP via Getty Images)Lopez was the host of Taste of Tejano and went by the DJ name Lisa G, and she was described as an extrovert and devoted mother who came from a prominent Latino family, Rosa Izurieta and Martha Ramirez, two of Lisa's childhood friends, said.
Harrowing accounts from the scene describe fans believing the shots were actually fireworks at first before the sheer terror set in and throngs of people raced away from the scene. Some described the confusion and chaos as they tried to figure out what was happening or raced into Union Station to take shelter. The shooting happened near the landmark.
Social media users posted numerous shocking videos of the scene, which showed crowds running around, people scrambling for cover, and even a person performing chest compressions on a victim who had allegedly been shot. People screamed in the background as they ran.
The police are asking witnesses or victims to come forward with testimony or phone footage of the heinous event so they can press charges against the suspects (AFP via Getty Images)Another video shows two heroes, who later came forward and spoke to ABC's Good Morning America, tackling one of the suspects and grabbing his gun once he was on the ground. It remains unclear if that person was actually one of the three arrested, but nevertheless, a gun was taken out of the equation by Trey Filter and his wife, Casey.
Mayor Quinton Lucas was there during the shooting and said he and his wife took cover and made it out safely, but now, he's pushing for tighter gun restrictions in a desperate attempt to reduce gun violence in a city plagued by it, including the implementation of mandatory background checks and potentially the installation of metal detectors for a much smaller event in future years at Arrowhead Stadium should the Chiefs win again.
Lisa Lopez was the individual killed. She had been a DJ at a local radio station (LISA LOPEZ-GALVAN/FACEBOOK)"We did everything to make this event as safe as possible," Lucas, a Democrat, said in an interview on KMBC-TV Thursday. "But as long as we have fools who will commit these types of acts, as long as we have their access to firearms with this level of capacity, then we may see incidents like this one."
Of the 21 injured, hospital officials from across the city confirmed on Thursday that two of the eight victims brought to University Health are still in critical condition, while one is stable and the other five have been discharged. At Children's Mercy Kansas City, there were 12 patients admitted between the ages of 6 and 15, and all are expected to recover — at least physically. The fear they experienced, said Stephanie Meyer, chief nursing officer at the hospital, could be lasting, as it already is for the doctors and nurses treating them.
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The police have 24 hours to hold any suspects and press charges, or else they'll have to be released (Getty Images)One gunshot victim of the four brought to St. Luke's Hospital is still critical, while the other four who were treated have been released. The investigation into the heinous crime continues.
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