Log In|Subscribe Home Kansas City Favorites Customer Service Stay Connected Read today's Edition Obituaries Local Events News Sports Opinion Business Living & Entertainment Sports Betting Shopping/Reviews Special Features Press Releases Sponsored Content Classifieds Place an Ad - Celebrations Search Jobs Search Legal Notices Advertising Second man pleads guilty to illegal purchase of gun found at Chiefs rally mass shooting BY ROBERT A. CRONKLETON AUGUST 02, 2024 3:36 PM After gunfire broke out, police swarmed the scene at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally on Feb. 14, asking fans to leave the area at Union Station. One person was killed and nearly two dozen others were shot and wounded, some critically. TAMMY LJUNGBLAD
[email protected] A 20-year-old Kansas City man is the second person to plead guilty to illegally purchasing a gun found outside Union Station following the mass shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl rally. Chaelyn Hendrick Groves pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs in federal court in downtown Kansas City to one count of conspiracy to make false statements in the acquisition of a firearm, according to a news release from the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri. The attorney for Groves could not be reached for comment Friday. On Wednesday, Groves’ co-defendant, 22-year-old Ronnel Dewayne Williams Jr. of Kansas City, pleaded guilty to the same charge. Sentencing has been set for Dec. 11 for Williams and Dec. 12 for Groves. They each face up to five years in federal prison. Both Groves and Williams admitted that Williams lied to a firearms dealer in Kansas City as he was purchasing a gun on behalf of Groves, who was too young to buy the weapon for himself legally, according to Groves’ plea agreement. Groves and Williams were two of three Kansas City men charged with violating federal gun laws in connection with the Feb. 14 shooting.
