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Two teenagers in custody in connection with the deadly shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally that left one woman dead and more than 20 others injured were charged Thursday, according to Missouri court officials.
The Office of the Juvenile Officer said the teens face gun-related and resisting arrest charges and are currently detained in secure detention at the Juvenile Detention Center.
“It is anticipated that additional charges are expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas City Police Department continues,” the Office of the Juvenile Officer said in a statement.
While police continued their investigation, a crowd gathered for a vigil Thursday evening at a plaza adjacent to Children’s Mercy hospital, where several children who were shot were hospitalized. Church leaders said prayers as people held candles that lit up the dark, cold winter evening.
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People hold candles during a vigil in Kansas City on Thursday.
The somber gathering stood in stark contrast to the day before, when an estimated 1 million people gathered steps from Union Station in downtown Kansas City for the parade and rally to mark the Chiefs’ repeat championship win – a celebration that featured smiling NFL athletes high-fiving fans and parading on double-decker buses.
In the aftermath of the shooting, CNN spoke with four hospitals that received 29 patients from the melee. Hospital officials said 19 of those people were treated for gunshot wounds.
By late Friday morning, only one patient was still hospitalized at Children’s Mercy hospital, spokesperson Marlene Bentley said.
CNN previously reported the children’s hospital received 12 patients following the shooting, including one adult and 11 children between 6 and 15 years old. Nine of the children had suffered gunshot wounds, said Stephanie Meyer, the hospital’s chief nursing officer.
The Chiefs on Friday, in partnership with other groups, said the team launched an emergency response fund and has contributed $200,000 toward helping the shooting victims and their families.
Wednesday’s shooting was at least the 48th mass shooting in the United States in 2024, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which like CNN counts those in which four or more are shot, not including a perpetrator. It also marked the second shooting in a year at a major US sports title celebration after two people were wounded in June as Denver fans left a parade for the NBA’s Nuggets.
Killed in the Kansas City shooting was radio DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan, said KKFI 90.1 FM, where she volunteered.
Lopez-Galvan is remembered by her family as “a very loving, caring, and devoted mother,” and a leader in her community, her brother, Beto Lopez, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday.
Police initially said Wednesday they detained three people after the shooting. Kansas City Police spokesperson Alayna Gonzalez later told CNN in an email that one of them “was determined to not be involved.”
Police chief Stacey Graves said Thursday it’s still unclear how many people were involved in the Wednesday shooting. “I don’t have a specific number of actors in this that perpetrated the violence…
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