Kansas City’s police chief today explained the cause of the shooting that left a woman dead yesterday in the Missouri city, in the central US, which was celebrating its Super Bowl victory. “Disagreement between several people that ended with shots fired,” the chief said.
“Investigations have shown that there was no connection to terrorism or national violent extremism. As reported yesterday, we have individuals in custody, two of whom are minors,” Stacey Graves, who announced yesterday, 02/14, said at a press conference. three arrests.
Tens of thousands of people were celebrating the victory of the Kansas City Chiefs football team by parading down the city street when gunshots rang out near the parking lot of Union Station near the end of the celebration.
The tragic account
One dead and 22 injured is the total toll, according to the authorities. The victim of the attack was 43-year-old Lisa Lopez, who worked as a radio producer.
“We had one fatality at the scene, eight critically injured, seven seriously injured and six with minor injuries,” the city’s fire chief, Ross Grandison, said today. “More than half of the injured are under 16 years old,” he explained.
Mercy Children’s Hospital said it treated 12 patients, including 11 children between the ages of 6 and 15. “Nine children were injured by a bullet,” said a hospital spokesman, clarifying that doctors expect all the injured to recover from their injuries, while nine of them have already been discharged from the hospital.
Call for testimonials
Police have again appealed for testimony from anyone who witnessed the shootings, has video of the attack or is a victim who has not yet reported to authorities. At the same time, an FBI platform was launched to collect videos that could help the investigation.
Stacey Graves also praised those who stopped a person suspected of involvement in the case. It’s about two Kansas City Chiefs fans who went to the parade to celebrate and after shots were fired, they ran over and stopped a man they thought was suspicious. The man was taken into custody and is being questioned by the police along with two others.
The incident adds to the long list of gun tragedies in the United States, noting the heavy toll of their proliferation across the country and the ease with which Americans have access to them.
On Wednesday afternoon 02/14, President Joe Biden again called on Congress to legislate to end gun violence in the country.
Speaking of tragedy, the US president said he was praying for those killed and injured in Kansas City, but also “for the country to find the resolve to end this senseless epidemic of gun violence that is ravaging the American people».
The mayor of Kansas City, who was present with his family at the parade after the parade to celebrate a Super Bowl victory, “it’s a day many people hope to remember for the rest of their lives, and what they shouldn’t remember is the threat posed by gun violence».
Source: RES-MPE
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