KANSAS CITY – Two juveniles have been charged in connection to the mass shooting that happened at the conclusion of the Chiefs' parade and rally at Union Station on Wednesday in Kansas City.
The two unnamed juveniles are being held in secure detention and are facing gun and resisting arrest charges, according to the Office of the Juvenile Officer in Jackson County, Missouri.
In a statement, the Office of the Juvenile Officer said, "it is anticipated that additional charges are expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas City Police Department continues."
As the suspects are juveniles, court proceedings in this matter, at this point, are not open to the public.
The 22 people wounded in the shooting ranged in age from 8 to 47, and half of them were under the age of 16, Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a news conference Thursday. A mother of two was killed.
Radio station KKFI said via Facebook that Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the host of “Taste of Tejano,” was killed. Lopez-Galvan, whose DJ name was “Lisa G,” was an extrovert and devoted mother, said Rosa Izurieta and Martha Ramirez, two childhood friends who worked with her at a staffing company. Izurieta said Lopez-Galvan attended the parade with her husband and her adult son, a loyal Kansas City sports fan who also was shot.
Lopez-Galvan played at weddings, quinceañeras and at an American Legion bar and grill, mixing Tejano, Mexican and Spanish music with R&B and hip hop. Izurieta and Ramirez said Lopez-Galvan’s family is active in the Latino community, and her father founded the city’s first mariachi group, Mariachi Mexico, in the 1980s.
Taylor Swift was among those donating to GoFundMe pages set up for Lopez-Galvan's family. Swift, who is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, made two $50,000 donations Friday.
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