Three males are dealing with federal gun prices in reference to the Chiefs Tremendous Bowl parade taking pictures after the U.S. Legal professional in Missouri says the investigation turned up an unlawful gun operation.

The defendants, 22-year-old Fedo Manning, 21-year-old Ronnel Williams Jr., and 19-year-old Chaelyn Groves should not accused of opening fireplace on the parade … however as an alternative, prosecutors imagine they had been a part of “unlawful firearms trafficking and straw purchases of firearms.”

Throughout their investigation into the taking pictures, police recovered a number of firearms on the scene … at the least two of which they had been capable of hint again to the alleged unlawful gun ring.

One of many weapons, an Anderson Manufacturing AM-15 .223-caliber pistol, was allegedly purchased by Manning from a gun retailer in 2022. He is accused of illegally trafficking dozens of weapons.

The second weapon was a Stag Arms 300-caliber pistol was allegedly bought by Williams for Groves at a gun present in 2023 … because the latter was too younger on the time.

In complete, Manning is dealing with 12 federal prices, whereas Williams Jr. and Groves had been each hit with 4 prices.

Not one of the males are charged with taking pictures anybody … although officers aren’t ruling out the chance that the unlawful weapons had been fired.

In actual fact, in response to courtroom docs, 12 individuals brandished firearms, and at the least 6 fired their weapons in the course of the parade.

“Stopping straw consumers and stopping unlawful firearms trafficking is our first line of protection towards gun violence,” U.S. Legal professional Teresa Moore mentioned.

“No less than two of the firearms recovered from the scene of the mass taking pictures at Union Station had been illegally bought or trafficked. We work diligently with our legislation enforcement companions to maintain firearms out of the fingers of criminals by investigating and prosecuting those that illegally purchase and promote harmful weapons.”

FYI, a straw gun sale is when somebody purchases a weapon for an additional particular person.

Other than the federal prices regarding the alleged gun ring, a number of people have been charged in reference to the taking pictures which left one girl lifeless and over 20 individuals, largely youngsters, injured.