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Shooting near Kansas City Super Bowl victory rally kills at least one, injures 21

Shooting near Kansas City Super Bowl victory rally kills at least one, injures 21

A barrage of gunfire erupted in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, near an outdoor celebration of the NFL champion Chiefs' Super Bowl victory, killing at least one person and wounding 21 others as throngs of fans scurried for safety. Police Chief Stacey Graves told a news conference three people were detained "and under investigation" in connection with the bloodshed near the city's landmark Union Station after a confetti-strewn parade. Graves said investigators had no known motive for the gun violence. Eleven of those hurt by gunfire or the ensuing chaos were children as young as 6. At least 22 people were…
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Kansas City homeowner charged in shooting of Black teen released on bond

Kansas City homeowner charged in shooting of Black teen released on bond

AN 84-year-old white man charged in the shooting and wounding of a Black teenager who mistakenly walked up to the man's house in Kansas City surrendered to police, the Clay County Sheriff's Office said, but was freed on bond within a few hours. Andrew Lester had been charged a day earlier with first-degree assault, which could bring a sentence of life in prison, for shooting Ralph Yarl, 16, on the doorstep of his suburban home around 10 p.m. last Thursday. Yarl had walked up to Lester's house to pick up his younger siblings, who were at a nearby house with a similar…
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