Three people were in custody in connection with Wednesday’s deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory celebration, and cops there say the shooting wasn’t “targeted.”
Nearly 2 dozen people were injured in the incident, most from gunfire — and nine of those shot were children.
Officials at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City said that all the children were expected to recover, KMBC reported. The range in age of the children victims is 6 to 15.
One person was killed — Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mom of two adult children and host of the popular radio program “Taste of Tejano” on KKFI.
“This senseless act has taken a beautiful person from her family and this KC Community,” KKFI said in a statement on its Facebook page.
As CrimeOnline reported, the shooting happened just west of Union Station as the parade ended.
Hero Chiefs’ fans
Videos from the chaotic scene showed fans scrambling to get away — and in at least one case, fans taking down a suspected shooter.
Paul Contreras and three daughters were at the celebration from Omaha. One of his girls, Alyssa Marsh-Contreras, captured video of her dad holding down one of the alleged shooters.
Contreras told WETV the gunfire sounded like fireworks, but he knew it wasn’t when he saw a man running with a rifle, another man behind him yelling to stop him.
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At the moment, reports say that one person has died and about 10 others were injured.
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“I didn’t hesitate,” Paul said, adding that the gun fell out of the suspect’s hand as they tackled him.
“The whole time he’s fighting to get up and run away,” Paul said. “We’re fighting each other, you know. We’re fighting to keep him down and he’s fighting to get up.”
Another video showed the scene from a distance as a sea of red-clad celebrants ran toward the suspect.
Trey Filter of Wichita was among those who took down the man. He told “Good Morning America” he saw someone chasing the man and joined in, the Associated Press said.
“I couldn’t see much. I heard, ‘Get ‘em!’ I saw a flash next to me. And I remember I jumped and remember thinking, ‘I hope this is the fool they were talking about,’” he said. “They started yelling that, ‘There’s a gun, there’s a gun!’”
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Officers arrived within seconds and pulled the two men off. Filter’s wife saw a nearby gun and picked it up.
“There honestly was not much to think about except just my husband and my kids,” she said. “And then a gun I saw obviously, there. I was just wanting everyone to be safe. That was my main concern.”
The investigation
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said three suspects were in custody and were being questioned, including the man bystanders took down, The Associated Press said. Police provided no information about the suspects or what weapons they used, other than to say the shooting did not appear to be “targeted” or have any connection to international terrorism.
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas was with his wife and mother at the rally and ran for safety when shots rang out.
“Parades, rallies, schools, movies. It seems like almost nothing is safe,” he said.
Officials said 21 people were injured, at least 18 of them from gunshots. They were being treated at three hospitals in the area, including Children’s Mercy Hospital.
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[Featured image: AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann]
