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☆ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce each donate $100,000 to the families of victims of the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have made generous charitable donations to the victims of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade, which occurred on February 14. Taylor Swift's message to the family of Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan, a woman who was killed in the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade. Police officers at the scene of a shooting where at least one person was killed and 22 others were injured on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Kansas City. — Travis Kelce (@tkelce) February 15, 2024As Business Insider previously reported, during a press conference earlier this week, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves confirmed that three people, including two minors, had been detained following the shooting. A spokeswoman for the Office of the Juvenile Officer in Jackson County, Mo., told the publication that additional charges are "expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas City Police Department continues."

Persons: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Elizabeth Lopez, Galvan, Taylor, Swift's, Reyes, — Travis Kelce, Stacey Graves, Lopez Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl, Business, Variety, Kansas City Chiefs, Police, Kansas City . Kansas City Star, Super Bowl, Chiefs, KC, Kansas City Police, New York Times, Kansas City Police Department, NBC News Locations: Kansas City ., Jackson County, Mo

“She was beloved by many,” Chief Stacey Graves of the Kansas City Police Department said at a news conference on Thursday. Image Elizabeth Galvan was killed in the shooting in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday. Credit... KKFIMs. Galvan, who was also known as Lisa Lopez-Galvan, was well-known in the Kansas City area. She was a host of the radio show “Taste of Tejano,” broadcast on KKFI, a local radio station. Lisa Lopez, a friend of Ms. Lopez-Galvan, said in an interview that Ms. Lopez-Galvan was known for inviting her close friends to her garage to watch football games.

Persons: Stacey Graves, Elizabeth Galvan, Ms, Galvan, Lisa Lopez, Marc, KKFI, Lopez, Tommy Andrade, Monica Frias Organizations: Kansas City Police Department, ., Chiefs Locations: Kansas City, Mo

ET Jesus Jiménez andA celebration of the Kansas City football team’s Super Bowl victory was marred when several people were shot near the city’s Union Station on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least one, the police said. Two armed people were detained, the Kansas City Police Department said in a statement. Here’s what else to know: The parade began around 11 a.m. and ended with a rally in front of Union Station, an Amtrak hub and tourist spot in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City quarterback who led his team to victory on Sunday, said that he was “praying for Kansas City” on social media. Gun violence has been falling in some parts of the country, but Kansas City saw a record number of homicides in 2023.

Persons: Jiménez, Stacey Graves, ”, Keith King, Laurel Gifford, Laura Kelly of Kansas, Mike Parson of Missouri, Patrick Mahomes Organizations: Kansas City football team’s, Kansas City Police Department, Station, Amtrak, University Health, Truman Medical, Saint Luke’s, Gov, Kansas City Locations: city’s, Kansas City, Mo, Kansas, Missouri

An injured person is aided by first responders near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade on February 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. At least one person was killed and nine others injured in a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, after a rally Wednesday celebrating the Chiefs Super Bowl victory, authorities said. Kansas City Fire Department Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins said that in addition to the person who was killed, three were in critical condition, five others were in serious condition and one person had non-life-threatening injuries. Two people were detained after the shooting near a garage west of Union Station, the Kansas City Police Department said in a statement. The shooting appears to be criminal in nature and not terrorism, according to an early and preliminary investigation, three law enforcement officials briefed on the incident said.

Persons: Michael Hopkins Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs Super, Kansas City Fire Department Battalion, Kansas City Police Department Locations: Kansas City , Missouri, Kansas

☆ Multiple injured in shooting near Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

One person is dead and nine were injured in a shooting, the Kansas City Fire Department told CNN. Police responded to the incident near Union Station, where thousands celebrated the Chiefs' Super Bowl win. AdvertisementMultiple people were shot following the Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday, police said. Police responded after shots were fired west of Union Station, near where thousands had gathered for a rally to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win. AdvertisementCNN reported that one person was dead and nine individuals had been injured, citing the Kansas City Fire Department.

Persons: —, Alayna Gonzalez Organizations: Kansas City Fire Department, CNN, Police, Chiefs, Super, Service, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Police Department, Business Locations: Kansas, Union, Kansas City , Missouri

☆ A Kansas police chief who signed off on a raid of a newspaper that ultimately led to the death of its co-owner has resigned
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In August, local Kansas law enforcement raided a small newspaper. The police chief who initially signed off on the raid has now officially resigned from his post. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Kansas police chief who ordered the controversial raid of a small-town newspaper in August has officially resigned. Marion Police Department Chief Gideon Cody turned in his badge on Monday less than two months after he signed off on the police raid of the Marion County Record in August. To obtain the search warrants for the raid, Cody previously argued that the newspaper broke the state's identity theft laws to obtain a local business owner's driving records.

Persons: —, Gideon Cody, Zach Hudlin, Marion Mayor David Mayfield, Cody, Joan Meyer Organizations: Service, Kansas police, Marion Police Department, Marion County, Marion Mayor, Kansas Bureau, Investigation, Marion County Record, Kansas City Police Department Locations: Kansas, Marion

☆ A Kansas Newspaper Is Raided by Police. Will Judges Protect the Press? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Gregory P. Magarian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Small-town newspapers are vanishing from the American landscape, crushed by economic pressures from online media and corporate consolidation. In some cases, governments have piled on, seeking to sink or undermine the papers that remain. Those papers should be able to rely on courts to protect them from government abuses. On Aug. 11, the police in that central Kansas town of 2,000 brazenly raided the office of the weekly Marion County Record and the home of its publisher. Mr. Meyer says Mr. Cody had threatened to sue the paper.

Persons: Marion, Kan, Laura Viar’s, Eric Meyer, Gideon Cody, Meyer, Cody Organizations: Marion County Record, Marion police, NPR, Kansas City Police Department, Mr Locations: Kansas

☆ Fact Check- Video of two uniformed men fighting with people was filmed in Missouri in 2022, not in Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

“Policing Chicago in 2023: Potentially fatal attack, immediately followed by street ‘performance,’” reads a tweet where the clip has been viewed at least 289,000 times (archive.ph/6HI7s)The video, however, was not filmed in 2023 or in Chicago. Fox 4 News reported the scene took place in Kansas City’s Westport district on the night of Nov. 20, after a Kansas City Chief’s game (here). Images on Google Street View corroborate the video was filmed in the proximity of a World Market store in Kansas City (bit.ly/40vkfrv). Reuters debunked other old or miscaptioned videos circulating in April 2023 claiming to show scenes in Chicago (here). This clip was filmed in Kansas City and dates to at least November 2022.

☆ Ralph Yarl shooting: Recovery of Black teen allegedly shot by White homeowner after ringing wrong doorbell is a miracle, attorney says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Saturday, he was released from the hospital,” Yarl family attorney Lee Merritt told CNN Tuesday night, calling Ralph’s recovery a miracle. The boy had gone to neighbors looking for help after he was shot, according to police. “I share the outrage and the concern of many in asking why,” Mayor Lucas told CNN Tuesday morning. While the teenager was still on the ground, the man then fired again, shooting him in the arm, Ralph told police. Merritt told CNN he doesn’t believe such a defense would apply, saying Ralph was never a threat.

☆ Ralph Yarl shooting: The White homeowner accused of shooting a Black teen who rang his doorbell turns himself in to face criminal charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Taylor Romine Holly Yan | Nouran Salahieh | Taylor Romine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Andrew Lester faces two felony charges – assault in the first degree and armed criminal action – in the April 13 shooting of Ralph Yarl. While he was hospitalized, Ralph told police he did not pull on the door, according to the document. Charlie Riedel/APLester opened the interior door and “saw a black male approximately 6 feet tall pulling on the exterior storm door handle,” Lester told police. While the teenager was still on the ground, the man then fired again, shooting him in the arm, Ralph told police. Crump likened Ralph’s shooting to the shootings of 17-year-old Martin in Florida and 25-year-old Arbery in Georgia.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. The home where neighbors raised the alarm in Excelsior Springs, Mo. Johnson and another neighbor said the woman told them both about friends who did not survive. Excelsior Springs, a city of about 10,500 people, is about 30 miles northeast of Kansas City, Mo. Minyvonne Burke reported from Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and Daniella Silva reported from New York.

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