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Elementary school sisters revealed as among 23 victims of Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting

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2 years ago

February 16, 2024

Elementary school sisters revealed as among 23 victims of Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting

Two elementary school sisters were among the nearly two dozen people injured during the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade deadly shooting earlier this week, family and friends have revealed.

Madison and Melia Reyes, who are in the fourth and third grade, were shot when gunfire rang out at the end of the NFL team’s victory celebration outside the city’s landmark Union Station on Wednesday, the Kansas City Star reported.

“The girls were celebrating with many members of their family when they were senselessly injured,” a GoFundMe page set up for the Reyes family said.

Their mom’s cousin, Lisa Lopez-Gavlan, was the woman who was killed in the shooting, the outlet reported.

The sisters both underwent surgery at the Children’s Mercy Hospital on Wednesday evening and are now recovering, according to a rep from the St. Agnes Catholic Parish, which oversees their school.

The extent of their injuries, or where they were shot, wasn’t immediately clear.

Meanwhile, investigators are still trying to untangle exactly who is responsible for Wednesday’s shooting that left Lopez-Gavlan dead and 22 others injured — including many under the age of 16, authorities said.

In total, 11 children were rushed to the children’s hospital, nine of them with gunshot wounds, an official said.

Cops, who quickly ruled out terrorism, said the shooting was likely the result of a personal dispute that exploded into violence — and that three people who may be at fault had been detained.

Two of the three suspects are juveniles, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said Thursday.

“We are working to determine the involvement of others, and it should be noted we have recovered several firearms … This incident is still a very active investigation,” she said.

The mass shooting ruined what was an otherwise joyous celebration commemorating the Chiefs’ recent Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Wednesday afternoon.

Just moments before the gunshots rang out, hundreds of thousands of fans had lined the parade route and some even climbed trees and street poles or stood on rooftops to watch as players passed by on double-decker buses.

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Former Kansas high school wrestling coach charged with producing child pornography

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4 hours ago

March 5, 2026

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Former Kansas high school wrestling coach charged with producing child pornography

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – A former Kansas wrestling coach was charged with creating child sexual abuse materials by secretly recording minors showering during an athletic competition.

According to court documents, 37-year-old Ryan Brungardt of Salina is charged with two counts of production of child pornography and one count of attempted production of child pornography.

Brungardt is a former employee at Lakewood Middle School and former wrestling coach for Salina Central High School.

Brungardt is accused of using a cellphone to record three minors while they showered in a locker room during the Tournament of Champions, a wrestling tournament was held at Newton High in January 2024.

Brungardt made his initial court appearance for the criminal complaint on Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Brooks G. Severson.

A detention hearing is scheduled for Monday

Investigators are in the process of reviewing additional seized cellphone videos in this case that are suspected to have been recorded at wrestling meets in Newton, Hays, Garden City and Salina during the 2023-2024 wrestling season.

Anyone who believes they witnessed crimes or any suspicious activity at these events is asked to contact the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at (785) 600-8790 or report at www.kbi.ks.gov/sar.

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