As many as ten individuals have been shot after gunfire erupted close to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ Tremendous Bowl Victory Rally.
In a put up on X, the Kansas Metropolis Police Division wrote, “Shots have been fired around Union Station. Please leave the area.”
BREAKING: Kansas Metropolis Chiefs parade taking pictures: Police order crowds away from Union Station after a number of photographs ring out whereas Tremendous Bowl champs have a good time win pic.twitter.com/g0vstfvaXm
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 14, 2024
“Officers are working to clear Union Station itself. We will release everyone inside the building once that is complete. We are still trying to determine the number of shooting victims,” the division continued.
Officers are working to clear Union Station itself. We are going to launch everybody contained in the constructing as soon as that’s full.
We’re nonetheless making an attempt to find out the variety of taking pictures victims.
— kcpolice (@kcpolice) February 14, 2024
“Officials report that 8 to 10 people were shot during the Super Bowl rally,” Citizen Free Press reviews.
Two individuals have been detained for questioning.
“A ton of gunshots going off. I thought it was fireworks.”
Eye witness describes the taking pictures on the Chiefs parade.
Officers report that 8 to 10 individuals have been shot in the course of the Tremendous Bowl rally. Two armed people have been arrested. pic.twitter.com/KVMqBoAxhu
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 14, 2024
“Shots were fired west of Union Station near the garage and multiple people were struck. We took two armed people into custody for more investigation,” the division mentioned in a later put up.
Pictures have been fired west of Union Station close to the storage and a number of individuals have been struck. We took two armed individuals into custody for extra investigation.
— kcpolice (@kcpolice) February 14, 2024
“At the conclusion of the rally there were shots fired west of Union Station near the garage and several people were struck,” mentioned Capt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas Metropolis Police Division, based on a report from the News Observer.
“We need people to exit the area as quickly and safely as possible and avoid the parking garage in order to facilitate treatment of shooting victims,” Becchina continued.
KC parade goer mentioned he heard a single shot close to safety put up on chief to east of stage. “It was someone within feet of me,” mentioned Shawn Grew, 46, of Backyard Metropolis.
His grownup daughter, Alyssa, 21, he mentioned had gotten into Union Station and he was nonetheless ready pic.twitter.com/Eci9Prm93G— EricAdler (@eadler) February 14, 2024
The report added, “It was uncertain how many victims were hit by gunfire, but scanner traffic indicated that there might have been as many as nine people shot.”
