Individual "Dispute" Caused Kansas City Parade Shooting Deaths!

 Police said in a press conference on Thursday morning that the shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade on Wednesday was a result of a personal argument that went violent and injured innocent bystanders.

The incident, which happened close to Union Station as the Chiefs' parade was coming to an end, had "no nexus to terrorism or homegrown violent extremism," according to Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves.

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

According to Graves, the 23 victims of the incident ranged in age from 8 to 47. Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a well-known member of Kansas City's Latino community and a 43-year-old mother and radio DJ, was named as the only death.

Some friends said Lopez-Galvan passed away during surgery for an abdominal gunshot wound. She was a bystander, according to the police, and had nothing to do with the argument that led to the shooting.

Three people were held on Wednesday, according to the chief, but as of 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, they had not been charged. According to Graves, detectives and prosecutors are still collaborating to file charges against each suspect before they are legally compelled to free them during a 24-hour detention period without being charged.

The suspects' identities are still unknown, but Graves attested to the veracity of a widely circulated video showing Chiefs supporters tackling a suspect as he ran from the scene. She called those supporters heroes.

Additional footage, which included a snippet from a BBC live broadcast, showed the precise time when a barrage of gunshots started, which caused hundreds of Chiefs supporters to escape Union Station.

The tragedy that occurred on Wednesday won't prevent parades from being held in Kansas City in the future, as Mayor Quinton Lucas noted. He also mentioned that a St. Patrick's Day parade will still take place this month.

“I do think that there’s a gun violence challenge in this community and many others, and there certainly is a gun violence challenge as it relates to major events,” Lucas said. “That, however, does not mean that Kansas City will stop having major events. We will do all we can to make sure people are safe.”