Kansas man who was falsely accused of being a shooter after Chiefs’ 2024 Super Bowl win has died

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas antheral who was falsely accused of being among the shooters who opened occurrence astatine a rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl triumph past twelvemonth has died, his lawyer said.

Denton Loudermill Jr., of Olathe, was concisely handcuffed but was ne'er charged successful the chaos that followed the deadly shooting. He aboriginal filed lawsuits against 3 Republican Missouri authorities senators and a Tennessee congressman who shared societal media posts that falsely implicated him.

Those cases were each dismissed, mostly connected jurisdictional issues.

Attorney LaRonna Lassiter Saunders confirmed Loudermill’s decease successful a connection Friday but gave nary details connected the circumstances. Loudermill was 49.

“More details volition beryllium provided successful time, but for now, we inquire that you grant the family’s request for privateness arsenic they travel unneurotic to grieve this tremendous loss,” she wrote.

The Feb. 14, 2024, shooting extracurricular Union Station successful Kansas City, Missouri, killed a well-known DJ and injured much than 20 others, galore of them children.

Loudermill’s lawsuits said helium froze erstwhile the gunfire erupted, lasting successful the mediate of the chaos truthful agelong that constabulary had enactment up transgression country portion by the clip helium yet started to walked away. As helium tried to leave, officers stopped him and told him helium was moving “too slow.” They handcuffed him and enactment him connected a curb, wherever radical began taking pictures and posting them connected societal media, the lawsuits said.

Loudermill yet was led distant and told helium was escaped to go. But soon posts began appearing connected X that included a representation of Loudermill, a car lavation worker who was calved and raised successful the U.S. The posts called him an “illegal alien” and a “shooter,” adjacent though helium had nary involvement, the lawsuits said.

Three men were yet charged with murder, and respective different radical faced different charges stemming from the shootings, which authorities said stemmed from a quality betwixt 2 groups of people.

Lassiter Saunders said she would proceed warring to wide Loudermill's name.

“While the household takes this clip to mourn, we privation to marque it wide that this is not over. Mr. Loudermill should not person spent his last days burdened with accent and chasing down a prevarication that went viral owed to the careless and heartless actions of a Congressman, Missouri senators, and societal media influencers, who couldn’t beryllium bothered to verify the information earlier destroying a man’s life.

"If you thought we were determined before, you haven’t seen thing yet!” she concluded.