Key Points
- A parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ recent Super Bowl win ended violently when shots were fired.
- Police reported that multiple people were struck near the site of the rally that followed the parade.
- Police said “two armed people” had been taken into custody.
“Anyone nearby needs to leave the area as quickly as possible to facilitate treatment of the shooting victims,” local police said on X, formerly Twitter.
Earlier, hundreds of thousands of red-clad fans had greeted Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his teammates as they made their way along a three-kilometre route on a procession of double-decker buses, enveloped by a blizzard of red and gold confetti.
Kansas City Police said in a tweet “multiple people” were struck after shots rang out near Union Station, Kansas City. Credit: Reed Hoffmann/AP
Local media had cited local officials as saying more than a million people were expected for the parade, which was held in unseasonably sunny, warm conditions in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
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