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Fans flee from gunmen: Shots fired during Kansas City Chiefs victory parade

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Shots were fired during the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade. Police stormed Union Station.
Marian NadlerEditor News

The victory parade of the Super Bowl winners the Kansas City Chiefs ended in chaos on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. local time. Police in Kansas City, Missouri, reported on X: “Shots were fired around Union Station. Please leave the area.”

Fans fled the scene, some jumping over barriers. The police stormed into the station building with their weapons drawn.

Suspected perpetrators arrested

Two armed attackers were arrested shortly afterwards. One of them was wearing a red hoodie, images from the AFP news agency showed. According to the police, the suspected perpetrators had previously beaten several people.

Media, citing local authorities, reported one death and at least ten injuries. Several parade participants were wheeled away on stretchers by paramedics and taken to nearby hospitals. Several injured children were reportedly taken to nearby Children’s Mercy Hospital.

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A million people at a parade in Kansas City

TV images showed how the event site was cleared. Police said the shots were fired near the train station near a parking garage. It was unclear whether the crime was related to the victory parade.

The Kansas City Chiefs celebrated their fourth Super Bowl title during the big parade. As many as a million people gathered for the celebration. Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill, 28, asked his followers on X to join him in praying for the “victims of this heinous act.”

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