At least ten people were killed after gunfire erupted near the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl Victory Rally.
In a post on X, the Kansas City Police Department wrote: “Shots were fired around Union Station. Please leave the area.”
BREAKING: Shooting at Kansas City Chiefs parade: Police order crowd away from Union Station after multiple shots ring out as Super Bowl champions celebrate victory 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 this is complete. We are still trying to determine the number of victims of the shooting,” the department continued.
Officers are working to clear Union Station itself. We will release everyone inside the building once the operation is complete.
We are still trying to determine the number of victims of the shooting.
— kcpolice (@kcpolice) February 14, 2024
“Officials report that 8 to 10 people were killed at the Super Bowl rally,” the Citizen Free Press reports.
Two people were arrested for questioning.
“A lot of gunshots went off. I thought it was fireworks.
Eyewitness describes shooting at Chiefs parade.
Officials report that 8 to 10 people were killed during the Super Bowl rally. Two armed individuals were arrested. pic.twitter.com/KVMqBoAxhu
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 14, 2024
“Shots were fired west of Union Station, near the garage, and several people were struck. We have taken two armed individuals into custody for further investigation,” the department said in a subsequent post.
Shots were fired west of Union Station near the parking garage and several people were struck. We have taken two armed individuals into custody for further investigation.
— kcpolice (@kcpolice) February 14, 2024
“As the demonstration ended there was gunfire west of Union Station near the parking garage and several people were hit,” said Capt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department, according to a News report Observer.
“We need people to exit the area as quickly and safely as possible and avoid the parking lot to facilitate processing of the shooting victims,” Becchina continued.
The KC parade attendee said he heard a single shot near the chief’s security post, east of the stage. “It was someone a few feet away from me,” said Shawn Grew, 46, of Garden City.
His adult daughter, Alyssa, 21, said she had entered Union Station and was still waiting pic.twitter.com/Eci9Prm93G— Eric Adler (@eadler) February 14, 2024
The report added: “It was unclear how many victims had been shot, but scanner traffic indicated that up to nine people may have been killed.”