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Mass Shooting At Kansas City Chiefs Parade

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person is dead, and 21 others were wounded by gunfire in a mass shooting at the end of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade Wednesday, according to authorities.

Of the people wounded by gunfire, eight were in immediately life-threatening condition, seven were in life-threatening condition and six had minor injuries, Kansas City Fire Chief Ross Grundyson said at the news conference.

Kansas City radio station KKFI said one of its DJs, Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who was the host of “Taste of Tejano,” died in the shooting. Lopez-Galvan had attended the parade with her husband and adult son, a Kansas City sports fan who also was shot.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said all the Chiefs players, coaches and staff were safe and accounted for, which was later confirmed by the team in a statement.

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