Half of shooting victims were children, according to police chief

The latest on the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration shooting

By Adrienne Vogt, Leinz Vales, Chris Isidore, Antoinette Radford and Elise Hammond, CNN

Updated 2207 GMT (0607 HKT) February 15, 2024
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1:12 p.m. ET, February 15, 2024

Half of shooting victims were children, according to police chief

From CNN's Chris Boyette and Chris Isidore

Emergency personnel arrive at the scene after the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday, February 14.
Emergency personnel arrive at the scene after the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday, February 14. Charlie Riedel/AP

Half of the over 20 people injured in the shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally are under the age of 16, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said.

The victims range in age from 8 to 47 years old, according to Graves. The one person who has died from the shooting was 43 years old, she confirmed. CNN previously reported that Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Kansas City-area radio DJ, died during the shooting and was identified by KKFI radio 90.1 FM.

There were 22 victims of the shooting who were treated at the scene and transported by emergency personnel, said Kansas City Interim Fire Chief Ross Grundyson on Thursday. Of those taken to hospitals, there were eight critical patients in critical condition, seven in serious condition and six with minor injuries. He said all the critical patients were transported off the scene within 10 minutes of first responders’ arrival.

The number treated and transported by first responders may not include everyone who was injured, as some victims may have sought treatment on their own after fleeing the scene.

12:32 p.m. ET, February 15, 2024

Free counseling services are being offered in wake of shooting

Free counseling services are now available to anyone in the Kansas City community after a shooting after the Chiefs Super Bowl parade on Wednesday, according to the Jackson County prosecutor's office.

Counselors and social workers will be available at the United Church of Christ in Brookside from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to the office, and the services are free. The Child Protection Center will also have resources there, it said.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas also said people can call "988" to be connected with services. Victim advocacy information will also be available soon, he said at a news conference Thursday.

12:14 p.m. ET, February 15, 2024

Kansas City mayor: There will be more parades

From CNN's Chris Isidore

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas speaks during a press conference on Thursday.
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas speaks during a press conference on Thursday. CNN

When asked if Kansas City would hold another parade for any future championships by the Chiefs, Mayor Quinton Lucas said Thursday that the city is not done hosting parades.

"We have a plan for a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Kansas City. We have parades all the time. I don’t think they’ll end," he said. "Certainly we recognize the public safety challenges at issue that relate to them."

"Unfortunately, this is not the first shooting at a parade in our country or a rally," he said. "That is certainly a tragic incident for us because we don’t have experience with them."

"We’ve had parades like this before," he said. "We had one last year without this type of incident. We had a Kansas City Royals parade where we had almost no arrests in 2015. So I don’t think in anyway that this is Kansas City. I do think there is a gun violence challenge in this community and many others."

1:47 p.m. ET, February 15, 2024

Kansas City police chief says individuals in custody have not yet been charged

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves speaks during a press conference on Thursday.
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves speaks during a press conference on Thursday. CNN

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said the investigation into the deadly shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally remains ongoing and the department has yet to charge the individuals involved in the incident.

“We have not charged them yet; this is still under investigation,” Graves said at a news conference Thursday.

"We do have 24 hours until we have to either file charges or release them," Graves added. "We are working closely with the Jackson County prosecutor's office to present the most successful case for prosecution."

Two of the detained are juveniles, according to the police chief.

A law enforcement official told CNN the three people in custody are all believed to have been involved in a personal dispute and that, initially, 10 people were questioned. The status of the other seven who were questioned is unclear.

Baker posted on X Thursday morning: “We will get through this together. We will get answers. We will heal together. And we will fight together. And I will use every tool at my disposal under Missouri law that allows me to address this tragedy.”

This post has been updated with additional comments from the prosecutor and details on those who have been detained and questioned.

CNN's Chris Boyette contributed to this post.

11:53 a.m. ET, February 15, 2024

Police chief confirms shooting after Super Bowl rally has no link to terrorism

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves speaks during a press conference on Thursday.
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves speaks during a press conference on Thursday. CNN

Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said there was no link to terrorism or homegrown extremism in Wednesday's shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally. She said it was a personal dispute in which other people were injured.

“Preliminary investigative findings have shown there was no nexus to terrorism or homegrown violent extremism,” Graves said at a news conference Thursday.

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

Several law enforcement officials earlier also told CNN that the incident is believed to have been the result of a personal dispute in the area, rather than an attack on the celebration itself.

11:34 a.m. ET, February 15, 2024

NOW: Authorities giving an update on the Kansas City shooting

Authorities are holding a news briefing about the deadly shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, following Wednesday's Chiefs Super Bowl parade, according to the Kansas City Police Department.

11:33 a.m. ET, February 15, 2024

Kansas City rally shooting is believed to have stemmed from personal dispute, officials tell CNN

From CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz and Josh Campbell

Police cordon off the area around Union Station following the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14.
Police cordon off the area around Union Station following the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14. Reed Hoffmann/AP

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 officials said 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.

10:52 a.m. ET, February 15, 2024

Chiefs wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling offers to help Kansas City shooting victims

From CNN's Chris Isidore

Marquez Valdes-Scantling looks on during a preseason game in August 2023.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling looks on during a preseason game in August 2023. Michael Owens/Getty Images

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. 

11:57 a.m. ET, February 15, 2024

30 people injured in Kansas City shooting, according to hospitals

From CNN's Andi Babineau

Emergency personnel arrive at the scene of the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14.
Emergency personnel arrive at the scene of the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14. Charlie Riedel/AP

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.