Kansas City shooting latest: Taylor Swift donates 100k to victim’s GoFundMe as possible charges loom

Trey Filter was standing among a sea of around one million people who lined the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade route on Wednesday when he heard the shots ring out.

The lifelong Chiefs fan initially thought it was firecrackers going off, before a sense of panic swept through the crowd.

“There was a huge commotion. It felt like there was a rat loose or something,” he told The Independent in a phone interview on Thursday morning.

Mr Filter, who was attending Wednesday’s victory parade with his wife Casey and their sons Gage, 15, and Levi, 12, said dozens of crowdgoers began rushing past them.

He heard the crowd yelling “get him, get him”, and turned around to see a “flash” as a person ran past.

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Horror unfolded on Wednesday when gunfire broke out close to Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri.

Police said that 22 were shot including one woman – local radio DJ Lisa Lopez -Galvan – who died from her injuries. Nine children were among those treated for gunshot wounds.

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Wednesday’s shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade was the 47th mass shooting in the US of 2024, according to the tracker Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as when four or more people are shot, not including the shooter.

On Wednesday, 22 people were shot and one person — a mother of two and beloved radio DJ — was killed. Half the gunshot victims were under the age of 16.

One of three people detained by police after the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade has been released, The Independent has confirmed.

A statement from Kansas City Police read: “There are two juvenile teens currently in custody for further investigation.

“A third person who was in custody was determined to not be involved.”

Kansas City Police also confirmed to The Independent on Friday morning that the 24-hour rule for pressing charges only applies to adults in custody.

“The two juveniles are currently being held in custody while we work with juvenile prosecutors to review investigative findings and determine applicable charges. The juvenile court system determines the custody status of all juvenile arrests.

“To clarify, we never indicated the third person was an adult. They are also a juvenile.”

On the official GoFundMe page, the top donator remains to be Ms Swift, who attended the Super Bowl to cheer on her boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce. Ms Swift donated $50,000 twice to the family’s fundraiser and sent her “deepest sympathies and condolences.”

The purpose of the fundraiser is to benefit the family of Lopez-Galvan who was killed during the shooting while attending the parade.

No charges have yet been filed over the Kansas City Chiefs Parade shooting that left one dead and another 22 with gunshot wounds – including multiple children.

Three people were detained at the scene of the shooting, with one released on Thursday without charge.

The other two – who are both juveniles – continued to be held as of Thursday night.

Formal charges against them have not yet been filed, Kansas City police said at a press conference.

A police spokesperson told ABC News that officials were working with juvenile prosecutors to “determine applicable charges” in the case.