Kansas Police Say Mother Of Two Dies In Shootings At Super Bowl Celebration

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

KANSAS CITY (Worthy News) – Police say a mother of two has died after a historic railway station on the edge of downtown Kansas City became the latest backdrop for a mass shooting as gunfire erupted near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration.

Details emerged Thursday of terrified fans scrambling for cover in the U.S. city shootings that also left 22 people wounded — including at least 11 children.

Wednesday’s shooting outside Union Station happened despite the presence of more than 800 police officers who were in the building and nearby, including on top of nearby structures, said Mayor Quinton Lucas, who ran for safety with his wife and mother.

Three people were detained, and firearms were recovered, but motives were not immediately clear, according to investigators.

The 22 people injured 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.

Radio station KKFI said 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,” added Rosa Izurieta and Martha Ramirez, two childhood friends who worked with her at a staffing company.

Izurieta told reporters that Lopez-Galvan attended the parade with her husband and her adult son, a loyal Kansas City sports fan who also was shot.

Nearly 1 million people were estimated to have been in downtown Kansas City on Wednesday when gunshots sent scores of people running for cover.

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