By Patrick Smith and Jesse Kirsch —
NBC News
The woman who was shot to death in a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade was identified by her family as Lisa López Galván, a popular radio DJ in the Latino community of that Missouri city who also performed. at weddings and promoted charity events.
Local police arrested three suspects, whose identities have not yet been revealed.
López Galván co-hosted a weekly radio show on local station KKFI 90.1 called
A Taste of Tejano
, a celebration of Tex-Mex music
,
which has its origins in Texas and Mexico.
He also performed at local weddings and promoted charity events.
The Kansas City Star reported that she was the mother of two children.
Lisa Lopez-Galvan.Facebook
“It is with sincere sadness and an extremely heavy and broken heart that we let our community know that KKFI DJ Lisa López Galván lost her life today in the shooting,” the radio station said on the social network Facebook, “this act without sense has taken a beautiful person from his family and from this community.
The Taste of Tejano
Facebook page
changed its profile photo to a candle.
The last time she hosted the show was Tuesday night.
Lisa López, an executive administrative assistant at the newsroom who is not related to her, told the Kansas City Star: “She was the most wonderful and beautiful person.
She was a local DJ.
She did everyone's weddings.
We all knew her.
She was full of life.”
The shooting occurred outside Union Station around 2 p.m., as the winning NFL team's parade was ending, according to police.
Thousands of people had come to celebrate the victory, and some 800 police officers had been deployed to secure the area.
There were no visible metal detectors, and most attendees did not have their belongings searched for weapons or explosives, according to NBC News.
“Right now we do not have a motive for the attack, we ask that people who witnessed the attack contact us,” said Kansas City Police Chief Stacy Graves.
At least 21 other people were injured, and eight of them are in serious condition.
At least 11 of the injured range in age from 6 to 15, according to Children's Mercy Hospital.
Paul Contreras, a Chiefs fan who was seen in a video posted on social media knocking a shooting suspect to the ground, told NBC New's TODAY show on Thursday that he "reacted" to seeing someone running in the opposite direction. to that of the rest of the fans.
Contreras indicated that he did not get a good look at the man who was face down on the ground, who was later arrested.
Contreras was speaking with his daughter, Alyssa Marsh Contreras, who was at the scene and declared: “It's crazy that we've had more shootings this year than days.”
Chiefs players responded to the shooting with shock and disbelief at the incident.
In a message on the social network X, Justin Reid said: “This is sad!
They're shooting minors and someone hasn't come home tonight.
“We cannot allow this to be normal.”
Travis Kelce indicated that he was “heartbroken,” while the team's official account said he was “truly saddened by the events of Wednesday.”
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Manuel Abarca IV, legislator of the first district of Jackson County, Missouri, paid tribute to the victims and pledged to introduce gun reforms.
“I will not let his death remain in suspense.
I will legislate, I will fight and I will do everything in my power to change this state and this city for the better,” he stated in a publication on the X social network.
Vice President Kamala Harris echoed this sentiment before boarding a flight to Germany Wednesday night, urging Congress to act on gun control.
“It was going to be a day of celebration for a community of people to come together," she said, "and yet it's another day that America experienced gun violence.
It does not have to be this way".
On her Facebook page, López Galván, a Chiefs fan, had shown how excited she was about the Super Bowl victory by posting photos of food and red and yellow t-shirts.
In November, the Kansas City Hispanic News newspaper published a story about López Galván and his father, Beto López, 79, a famous local mariachi musician.
“My daughter Lisa likes music as much as I do, except that I play the trumpet with mariachi groups and Lisa on the community radio station KKFI,” López told the newspaper: “She is also a DJ for different events in the area, whether it is a private party or a popular one.
“What we have is special, everything is for the love of music.”