NOW. FIRST, GETTING ANSWERS ABOUT PLANS TO PROTECT CHIEFS FANS. IF THE TEAM CAN PULL OFF A THREE PEAT, THIS VIDEO IS ALL TOO FAMILIAR FOR KANSAS CITY FANS. FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024 PEOPLE RUNNING TO SAFETY AFTER HEARING GUNSHOTS IN THE CROWD. ONE WOMAN LOST HER LIFE AND DOZENS MORE WERE BADLY HURT. TONIGHT, PLANS ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS. HOPING FOR ANOTHER CELEBRATION AND WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE FROM THE MAYOR ON A POSSIBLE SUPER BOWL RALLY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I’M CHRIS KETZ AND I’M LARA MORITZ. STILL THREE WINS AWAY FROM A CHAMPIONSHIP. QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT A POSSIBLE RALLY, BUT AS KMBC NINE S ANDY ALCOCK FOUND OUT, ONE FAMILY HAS ALREADY MADE A DECISION. YOU DON’T HAVE TO GET SAD. WHEN WE SPOKE TO JAMES LEMONS LAST MARCH, HIS DAUGHTER KINSLEY WOULD NOT LET HIM GO. THE FAMILY WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME EVEN DANCING. THEN JAMES WAS HIT BY A STRAY BULLET IN HIS LEG AT THE SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION LAST YEAR. WE’VE BEEN STRUGGLING TO FIND OUT WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE MENTAL PROBLEMS THAT MY DAUGHTER GOES THROUGH. REACHED BY PHONE, BRANDY LEMON SAID NEARLY A YEAR LATER, KINSLEY STILL BREAKS OUT IN A COLD SWEAT. IN ANY KIND OF CROWD. ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN THE KANSAS CITY STAR. CURRENT PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL CELEBRATION THIS YEAR MAY NOT INCLUDE A MASS GATHERING AT UNION STATION, BUT MIGHT INCLUDE A LONGER PARADE AND A TICKETED CELEBRATION EVENT. KANSAS CITY MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS DECLINED TO DISCUSS THOSE SPECIFIC DETAILS, BUT DID MAKE A PROMISE. I GUARANTEE YOU THIS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC PRESENCE AND PARTICIPATION AS PART OF IT. LAST YEAR, THE LEMON’S THEN TEN YEAR OLD SON, JACKSON WAS TRAMPLED DURING THE MASS SHOOTING PANIC. BRANDY TELLS US SHE AND JAMES RECENTLY WENT WITH JACKSON TO THE SCIENCE CENTER AT UNION STATION FOR A SCHOOL FIELD TRIP. BECAUSE JACKSON WAS SCARED. BRANDY SAID DURING THAT VISIT, SHE PANICKED WHEN SEVERAL SECURITY GUARDS RUSHED IN ONE DIRECTION. THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES NOW. LAST YEAR, JAMES TALKED ABOUT THE HEALING PROCESS, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS NOT OVER. THERE’S PEOPLE HURTING LIKE REAL FAMILIES LIKE THIS. ACCORDING TO BRANDY, WHATEVER CHANGES MIGHT BE MADE, ANY PUBLIC CHIEFS VICTORY CELEBRATION WILL NOT INCLUDE THE LEMONS FAMILY AT UNION STATION ANDY ALCOCK KMBC NINE NEWS. MAYOR LUCAS SAID SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION PLANNING INCLUDES CONSULTATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE KANSAS CITY SPORTS COMMISSION. THE SPORTS COMMISSION SENT US A STATEMENT SAYING IF WE DO HAVE REASON TO CELEBRATE IN FEBRUARY, WE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION AT THAT TIME. AND YOU CAN COUNT ON KMBC NINE NEWS TO PRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM CITY LEADERS. WE WILL BRING YOU ANY UPDATES ON POTENTIA
Lawsuit blames gun sellers, city, suspects for Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally shooting
Updated: 4:32 PM CDT Jun 2, 2025
Several families who were injured in the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally in 2024 have filed a lawsuit accusing gun sellers, event organizers, and the city of negligence.The petition, filed June 2 in Jackson County Circuit Court, alleges that the February 14, 2024 shooting, which killed local radio DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan and wounded 22 others, including 11 children, was “foreseeable and entirely preventable.” The suit names multiple defendants, including gun sellers Frontier Justice and The Ammo Box, gun show organizer R.K. Shows, Union Station Kansas City Inc., the City of Kansas City, the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission, and those accused of taking part in the shooting.The plaintiffs are each suing on behalf of themselves and their children. The lawsuit argues that lax security, reckless gun sales, and a failure to plan for public safety caused or contributed to the violence.At least 12 people brought guns into the celebration zone and six opened fire during a confrontation near Union Station, court documents in 2024 said. The plaintiffs allege that gun dealers negligently sold high-powered firearms to straw purchasers, including weapons ultimately used by the shooters.The lawsuit also faults event planners and the city for failing to implement basic security protocols.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Several families who were injured in the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally in 2024 have filed a lawsuit accusing gun sellers, event organizers, and the city of negligence.
The petition, filed June 2 in Jackson County Circuit Court, alleges that the February 14, 2024 shooting, which killed local radio DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan and wounded 22 others, including 11 children, was “foreseeable and entirely preventable.”
The suit names multiple defendants, including gun sellers Frontier Justice and The Ammo Box, gun show organizer R.K. Shows, Union Station Kansas City Inc., the City of Kansas City, the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission, and those accused of taking part in the shooting.
The plaintiffs are each suing on behalf of themselves and their children.
The lawsuit argues that lax security, reckless gun sales, and a failure to plan for public safety caused or contributed to the violence.
At least 12 people brought guns into the celebration zone and six opened fire during a confrontation near Union Station, court documents in 2024 said.
The plaintiffs allege that gun dealers negligently sold high-powered firearms to straw purchasers, including weapons ultimately used by the shooters.
The lawsuit also faults event planners and the city for failing to implement basic security protocols.