Family of woman killed in Chiefs rally shooting sues city, gun sellers and others
By: Robert A. Cronkleton
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Kansas City stations are reporting that the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan has sued Kansas City and other defendants, including event organizers and gun sellers, over the mass shooting at the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally, calling her death a “preventable tragedy.”
Lopez-Galvin, along with her husband, Michael Galvan, and their children, Marc and Andriana Lopez-Galvan, traveled to downtown Kansas City to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory on February 14, 2024.
They gathered with thousands of other Chiefs fans, as they crowded in the area surrounding Union Station to watch and listen as the Chiefs players celebrated.
A flurry of gunfire erupted at the end of the rally, striking around 24 people, including Lopez-Galvin and her son. Lopez-Galvin, a 43-year-old mother and beloved local party DJ, died in the shooting.
“This was a preventable tragedy,” the family contends in the lawsuit, filed Wednesday evening in Jackson County Circuit Court.
“Gun sellers ignored their responsibilities under the law. Premises owners and event planners turned a blind eye to foreseeable risks of violence,” the lawsuit said. “And young men armed with pistols and rifles turned a mass gathering into a mass shooting. Each defendant played a part in this tragedy. So each must be held accountable.”
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This article was written by the Kansas City Star and picked up by the Associated Press.
