Three people have been charged for their role in the shooting during the Super Bowl parade by the Kansas City Chiefs, where Latina radio host Lisa López Galván was killed.
They are three men aged 19 to 21 who were arrested on Monday and whose charges were unsealed on Wednesday. "22-year-old Fedo Antonia Manning, was charged in a 12-count complaint. Ronnel Dewayne Willams Jr., 21, and Chaelyn Hendrick Groves, 19, were charged in four-count complaints," The Associated Press reported.
The complaints don't allege that the men were among the shooters, but say they were involved in straw purchases and trafficking firearms. "At least two of the firearms recovered from the scene of the mass shooting at Union Station were illegally purchased or trafficked," said U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore. Two other men were earlier charged with second-degree murder and several weapons counts, while two other juveniles were also arrested since the incident.
Galván was killed on February 14 after the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade was abruptly cut as a result of the shooting. She was a mother of two, an avid fan of sports, and the daughter of Mexican immigrants. López Gálvan attended the parade with her husband and son, who was also shot. Overall, 22 other people were injured.
López Gálvan, also known by her artistic name as "Lisa G," was known within the city's Hispanic community and beyond for her weekly radio show at the local station KKFI 90.1 called "A Taste of Tejano," a celebration Tejano music. She also played local weddings and promoted charity fundraisers.
López Galván was an extroverted and dedicated mother, Rosa Izurieta, a family friend, recalls.
"She was the type of person who would get in front of a bullet to save anyone, that was Lisa," the friend said.
López Galván was always tied to music and her Hispanic roots, she said at an interview in November for Kansas City Hispanic News. Her father, Beto López, migrated to the U.S. from Jalisco, Mexico, where he would later learn to play various instruments and even go and play for a mariachi band. He would then instill his musical acumen to his daughter.
"My daughter Lisa enjoys music just as much as I do, except I play a trumpet with Mariachi groups and Lisa plays music at the KKFI community radio station," the father said in an interview in November.
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