A Kansas City Chiefs fan arrested at the team’s Super Bowl victory parade is calling for a cleansing after social media users incorrectly identified him as one of the gunmen in a mass shooting during the celebration. raised. I’m just having fun like everyone else. ”
Denton Loudermill, a father from Olathe, Kansas, was photographed wearing a red sweatshirt and surrounded by police shortly after the shooting erupted at a rally Wednesday.
He went viral for the wrong reasons, with a caption falsely claiming he was one of the gunmen arrested in the ensuing chaos. KSHB reported.
“I just want to clear the name that I had nothing to do with it,” Loudermill said at a press conference Saturday.
“I was just having fun like everyone else, but other than that I was trying not to hurt anyone. I was just having fun at the parade like everyone else,” he said. Told.
Loudermill had several drinks on the day of the tragedy and was taken into custody because he was intoxicated and did not leave the scene of the crime, said his attorney, LaRona Lassiter Sanders. KMBC reported.
“Mr. Denton had a few drinks, but so did half a million other people, including some Chiefs players. It’s not a crime. That doesn’t make you a mass shooter.” Lassiter Sanders told reporters.
She said police eventually released him without issuing a citation or formal arrest, but noted that his online accounts were putting his life at risk.
“Mr. Denton has received death threats due to lies and misinformation,” the attorney said. “He has done nothing wrong. He has committed no crime. So run and say so. Reveal the truth. Help us clear his name.” Please help save his life.”
The shooting left local DJ Lisa López Galván dead and 22 others injured.
“We extend our condolences to Ms. López-Galván and her family, as well as the other 22 victims and their families affected by this terrible tragedy,” Lassiter Sanders said. Stated.
“They’re living a nightmare right now. Another person who’s going to have nightmares is Mr. Denton, because he’s the accused shooter in that incident,” she said. added.
Police told KSHB in a statement: “Many people were taken into custody at once on Wednesday. Some of the detentions may lead to future charges unrelated to the shooting.
Police added: “No one believed to have been involved in the shooting has been released.”
Two minors have been charged in connection with the shooting that left at least 11 children dead.
“The boys are currently being held in the secure custody of the Juvenile Detention Center on gun-related and resisting arrest charges,” the Jackson County Family Court Division said in a statement.
“Additional charges are expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas City Police Department continues.”
