Several people have been charged with murder and other offenses in connection with a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade in February.
One of the boys was sentenced this week to a Missouri Department of Youth Services facility, The Associated Press confirmed. The 15-year-old, whose full name is not being released because of his age, said the incident that happened Feb. 14 outside Kansas City’s Union Station is not an accurate representation of who he really is.
“That’s not who I am,” the teen, identified in court documents as “RG,” said at a hearing Thursday, but he did plead guilty to “intentionally firing or discharging a firearm at a person and unlawful use of a weapon,” The Associated Press reported.
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A memorial has been erected in memory of the victims of the mass shooting that took place in front of Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri on February 18th. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
The boy said he was a good kid before he got involved with bad people. Kansas City Star report.
Jackson County prosecutors allege the shooting occurred during an argument between two groups. Lindell Mays, one of three people facing murder charges in connection with the death of local DJ Lisa Lopez Galvan, allegedly fired the first shot.
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RG then began firing at Mays and also shot another person in the group, Dominic Miller, who also faces murder charges, Kansas City police Detective Grant Spiking said.
“You’ve made some bad choices, but that doesn’t make you a bad person. It doesn’t make you a bad kid,” Jackson County Family Court Administrative Judge Jennifer Phillips told the boy during a hearing that resembled an adult court sentencing hearing.
Police officers inspect the scene after a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 14.
A juvenile deputy for the Jackson County Circuit Court said detention at a state Department of Youth Services facility typically lasts nine to 12 months.
Earlier this month Judge Phillips found the teenager guilty of intentionally firing or discharging a firearm at a person and unlawful use of a weapon.
The Jackson County Juvenile Department, which oversees juvenile cases, dismissed the second charge and the armed criminal complaint and agreed not to go through a certification process that could have resulted in the juvenile’s case being sent to adult court.
Law enforcement is investigating after a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Missouri on February 14. (AP Photo/Reid Hoffman)
The boy’s lawyer, John Bailey, asked that the boy be released under an intensive monitoring program and house arrest, with a ban on social media.
“Our house isn’t a home without him,” the boy’s mother told Phillips.
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But lawyers representing the juvenile department argued that time in juvenile detention would help keep the boy away from negative peer influences.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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