A fight between several fans led to the shooting that has stained the Kansas City Chiefs' third NFL title.
Stacey Graves, the head of the city's Police Department, assures that this is the main line of investigation into the events that led to the death of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a 45-year-old woman, and injured 22 other people.
Graves reported this Thursday that the age range of the injured is between 8 and 47 years of age.
These are recovering in the hospitals of the Missouri city.
Half of the victims are under 16 years old.
Those allegedly responsible for the event are also minors.
Graves stated that they are questioning two teenagers about the role they played in the celebration of the team that defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas.
A third detainee after the events has been released because the authorities consider that he had not participated in the events.
A video showed that some fans caught up with and knocked down one of the gunmen who was trying to flee taking advantage of the confusion.
The event brought together almost a million people in the vicinity of the Union Station train station.
The age of the suspects has slowed the speed of the investigation.
“The two teenagers remain in custody while we wait for specialized prosecutors to review the findings and determine the appropriate charges,” Graves reported.
Prosecutors have 24 hours to file charges against a suspect.
Otherwise, it may be released.
The police chief explained this morning that this rule does not apply to minors.
Two of the injured remain in critical condition and continue to be admitted to intensive care.
Doctors have been optimistic about the evolution of the patients, who underwent surgery minutes after being transferred.
The lives of the injured minors are also out of danger, a spokeswoman for Children's Mercy Hospital said Wednesday night.
Six children were discharged and another three continue to be treated at that center, although their full recovery is expected in the next few hours.
Ubiquitous weapons
“We have recovered several firearms.
The investigation remains very active,” reported Police Chief Graves.
The shooting in Kansas City has reminded us that guns are present everywhere.
Even in moments of celebration, as this should be.
This is something the city's mayor, Quinton Lucas, said in the first press conference after the tragedy.
“That's what happens with firearms.
We had more than 800 police officers present.
We had people on top of the buildings and even then there is a risk for the population,” said the Democratic politician in a press conference in which he had not yet digested what happened.
Celebrations of sports titles, 4th of July parades, churches, stores and businesses, schools and homes.
The armed violence in the United States is capable of sneaking into all places, no matter how intimate they may be.
“There is no safe place when our gun regulation is broken,” said Giffords, a lobbyist working for stricter legislation in a country where four out of ten adults live in a home where there is a gun.
32% of Americans admit to having one.
Giffords says Missouri is among the states with the most lax gun laws.
Only Wyoming and Arkansas have laws worse than those in this region, which, by the way, has never been governed by a woman.
In 2007, state politicians buried a decades-old rule that required all buyers to undergo background checks and apply for a permit from local police before purchasing a firearm.
This modification led to gun homicides going from 25% to 47%, generating between 50 and 70 deaths each year.
The number of suicides also increased.
Nine years later, Congress, in the hands of Republicans, adopted new measures to make it easier to buy weapons.
The State then joined other conservative bastions that stopped requiring permits to carry weapons in public.
Various studies conclude that making it easier to carry a weapon impacts public safety.
Violent crimes are growing between 13 and 15% while homicides are increasing by 11% on average.
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