Kansas City Police reported one fatality and multiple injuries following a shooting near the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally at Union Station on Wednesday. Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves confirmed the death of one person and stated that at least 10 to 15 others sustained injuries.
Authorities took two armed individuals into custody for further investigation. The Kansas City Police utilized X, formerly Twitter, to announce that officers were evacuating everyone from inside Union Station.
The shooting occurred around 2 p.m. near the Union Station parking garage. Police efforts were focused on reuniting families who became separated during the chaotic incident.
“The celebration was marred by a shooting. This is absolutely a tragedy,” expressed Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas.
Kade Collins, who attended the parade with his father, recounted the harrowing experience to Fox 4 KC. “We heard 10-12 gunshots, but we thought they were fireworks, so we didn’t really panic at first or get too worked up. But then everyone started screaming and took off running,” said Collins. “Once the crowd moved out of the way, I could see three people with gunshot wounds on the ground. I saw one girl with a gunshot wound to her leg. A second woman was also shot and had something tied around her leg to make a tourniquet and her leg was covered in blood.”
Collins witnessed bystanders aiding the wounded, stating, “There was a guy right by her, and he was in a lot worse shape – he was lying flat on his back. There were multiple people around him helping him. All three of these people seemed pretty young. In their 20s to 30s. We were trying to get out of there as fast as we could.”
Collins also recounted his father witnessing the police apprehending a suspect. “When we were walking out, there was someone pointing and saying ‘he’s right there, he’s right there.’ and police ran to the guy the crowd was pointing at and tackled him and put him in handcuffs. Everyone took off running and screaming.”
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