An estimated 1 million people had gathered just steps away from Union Station in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, for the parade and rally to mark the Chiefs’ repeat championship win Wednesday, with players still on the stage when chaos erupted to the sound of gunshots. Multiple people were shot, including children, authorities said.
“We do not have a motive, but we are asking those who may potentially have any kind of information, a witness or video, to contact police,” the police chief said at a Wednesday news conference
KCTV, KMBC, CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Police are working to determine who opened fire and what motivated a shooting that killed one and wounded more than 20 others at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally, sending fans clad in red jerseys running, taking cover or...
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Lisa Money, a resident of the city, was trying to gather some confetti near the end of the parade when she heard somebody yell, “Down, down, everybody down!”
At first Money thought somebody might be joking until she saw the SWAT team jumping over the fence.
“I can’t believe it really happened. Who in their right mind would do something like this? This is supposed to be a day of celebration for everybody in the city and the surrounding area. And then you’ve got some idiot that wants to come along and do something like this,” she said.
Fire Department Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins said eight to 10 people were injured but declined further comment, saying only that additional information will be released soon.
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State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) wrote in a post on X that he was at Union Station with his daughter when the shooting happened.
"My daughter and I were in Union Station this afternoon when everyone started screaming, ducking, and running out," he wrote. "As we sprinted outside, law enforcement was running inside. Much love to those officers. We have to stop this madness."
"I’m heartbroken, first of all, and I’m praying for the victims. I’m incredibly upset, disappointed. I was there with my wife, I was there with my mother. We never would have thought that we along with Chiefs players, along with fans, hundreds of thousands of people, would be forced to run for our safety today," Lucas said at the press conference. "I’ll let the investigation shake out before coming to any further conclusions, but I think the initial response absolutely is anger. We have done a number of these (Super Bowl parades) now. This is a day a lot of people look forward to, something they remember for a lifetime. And what they shouldn’t have to remember is the threat of gun violence marring a day like this, injuring them and their families."
One person is dead and more than 20 others, including children, were hit by gunfire when shots rang out near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' parade to celebrate their Super Bowl championship Wednesday.
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