Two juveniles charged over Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade mass shooting

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The juveniles accused of carrying out a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade have been charged with gun-related crimes and resisting arrest. One person was killed and 22 others were injured in the shooting.

Additional charges are expected, according to the Kansas City Police Department.

On the day of the shooting, 23 people were shot. Kansas City radio DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan, 44, was killed. Another 22 were injured, including numerous children. Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Grave said the victims' ranged from ages 8 to 47, and that at least half of the wounded were under the age of 16.

All of the wounded victims are expected to recover.

The suspects were taken into custody by Kansas City police shortly after the shooting began. Chiefs fans managed to tackle one of the suspects while he was trying to flee into a crowd and escape the scene of the shooting.

A third suspect was originally detained along with the two charged juveniles, but he was eventually released from police custody.

Police believe the shooting stemmed from a disagreement between the suspects. Authorities do not believe that the suspects were intending to carry out a terror attack or were otherwise motivated by ideology.

The King family of Independence, Missouri, says they were standing near the suspects when a disagreement turned violent.

The family noted that four people near them had been arguing; a woman and a man were slinging insults, and there were two other men present for the disagreement, they told The New York Times.

The Kings say they saw when the suspects allegedly pulled their weapons and began firing at each other.

“They were running away from each other,” Mr King said. “but they were still firing weapons behind their backs, just not really aiming.”

The shooting occurred even amidst a crowd watched over by 800 police officers, according to the city’s mayor, Quinton Lucas.

He said despite the public safety challenges, he does not foresee the city ending parades.

“We have parades all the time. I don’t think they’ll end. Certainly we recognized the public safety challenges and issues that relate to them,” Mr Lucas said.

Mr Lucas attended the event with his family, and many of the Kansas City Chiefs’ players were also in attendance.

Patrick Mahomes, the team’s star quarterback, posted on X/Twitter that he was “praying for” the city, and Travis Kelce, the team’s tight end, said he was “heartbroken.”

“KC, you mean the world to me,” he wrote.