Kansas City rally shooting is believed to have stemmed from personal dispute, officials tell CNN
From CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz and Josh Campbell
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.
Chiefs wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling offers to help Kansas City shooting victims
From CNN's Chris Isidore
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.
30 people injured in Kansas City shooting, according to hospitals
From CNN's Andi Babineau
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.
Chiefs player recounts helping calm scared kids after Super Bowl rally shooting
From CNN’s Chris Boyette
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.
“I just handed him the belt," Smith said, telling the boy, "'Hey, buddy, you're the champion. No one's gonna hurt you. No one's gonna hurt you, man. We got your back.'"
Kansas City shooting survivor says he overheard woman telling possible shooter "don't do it"
From CNN’s Rebekah Riess
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 are investigating a shooting at a Super Bowl celebration that killed 1. Here's what we know
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.
Kansas City Chiefs player Justin Reid says "leaders should enact real solutions" to gun violence
From CNN staff
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 related to woman killed during shooting among those injured
From CNN’s Sara Smart
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.”
FBI and police requesting videos, tips from Super Bowl parade shooting
From CNN’s Sara Smart
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.
