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In an unusually fast response from federal authorities, the men were not charged with shooting the weapons, but rather with trafficking, illegal sales and lying to federal agents. One of the weapons was illegally bought at Frontier Justice, where Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed the since-blocked "Second Amendment Preservation Act."
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Lyndell Mays, 23, is being held on $1 million bond. He was shot nine times during the February 14 shooting near Union Station, including once in the face, and is in constant pain, his attorney said.
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Redemptorist Catholic Church in Kansas City is hosting visitation Friday night, followed by a funeral mass on Saturday morning. Both events are open to the public, while a burial after the funeral will be family only.
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Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said her office will work closely with the juvenile court, which has charged two minors in connection with the mass shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl rally last week. The prosecutor discussed legal challenges she anticipates with the case and ways she'd like to see gun policy change in the state.
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The Jackson County Prosecutor's Office charged Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays with second-degree murder, after a verbal argument about "staring at each other" escalated into gunfire near Union Station.
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While Republicans shelved two bills that would further loosen Missouri's gun laws, Democratic leader Crystal Quade of Springfield said she will introduce a proposed constitutional amendment allowing cities to write local gun laws that are stricter than state laws.
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Denton Loudermill Jr. was briefly detained by police for moving too slowly away from the crime scene, but many people on social media — including a Republican Congressman from Tennessee — saw an African American man in handcuffs and falsely claimed he was one of the shooters.
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Friends, family and the larger Kansas City community are mourning the loss of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two and DJ at radio station KKFI, who was fatally shot at the Chiefs victory parade. "It's amazing how people are coming out of the woodwork just telling us how special she was — just strangers that she touched," her brother said.
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Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a beloved DJ and leader in Kansas City’s Latino community, was shot and killed at the Chief’s Super Bowl victory parade at Union Station on Feb. 14. “She was a big-hearted person,” Galvan’s brother, Beto Lopez, told KCUR's Up To Date.
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One of the bills would have allowed concealed carry permit holders to bring firearms onto public transportation like buses, and inside places of worship. The other would have exempted firearms and ammunition from both state and local sales taxes.
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Nearly 200 people rallied at Washington Square Park on Saturday afternoon to call on Missouri lawmakers to pass legislation to help prevent future mass shootings, like the one at Union Station that killed one person and injured 22 more on Wednesday.
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All 12 of the patients Children's Mercy took in from the Chiefs parade shooting have gone home. There are still three shooting victims in stable condition and one in critical condition hospitalized in Kansas City.