No charges have yet been filed in connection with Wednesday’s shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, but police have detained multiple suspects.
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves held a press conference Thursday to update the press on the ongoing investigation and announce that prosecutors are continuing to work toward charges.
“We haven’t charged them yet. This is still an investigation. They have 24 hours to charge them or release them,” Graves said.
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Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves gave reporters an update on the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting. (Fox News)
She continued, “And again, we intend to work closely with the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office to present the most successful case for prosecution by connecting their actions to the actual shooting.” ” he continued.
During that time, a gunshot rang out Chiefs victory parade One woman was killed and 22 others were injured in a crash near the Union Station parking lot in Kansas City around 2 p.m. local time. The woman was identified as Lisa Lopez Galván, a mother of two and a local radio DJ.
Eleven children were also injured in the shooting, but were expected to recover as of Wednesday night. Nine of them were shot and two suffered other injuries.
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Police currently have an unknown number of suspects in custody, two of whom are juveniles.
Authorities said “the relationship between those involved is still under investigation” but there is no evidence of a connection to terrorism.
A panoramic view of Kansas City Chiefs fans gathered at Union Station during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl III victory parade in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by David Urit/Getty Images)
“First and foremost, I want to stress that our preliminary findings show there is no link to terrorism or domestic violent extremism,” Graves said. “This appears to have been a dispute between several people that ended in gunfire.”
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Authorities also said initial reports suggested the shootings occurred in multiple locations, but investigators do not believe this and noted that the violence “occurred primarily on the west side of Union Station.” .
Police report a total of 23 victims in the shooting, one of whom has died – Elizabeth Gavin, 43.
Elizabeth Pritchett of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
