A shooting during the parade for the triumph of the Kansas City Chiefs in it superbowl It left at least two dead and 22 people injured. Local police reported that two people were detained.
The Kansas City fire department reported that two men opened fire on the crowd celebrating the city’s team’s victory in the Super Bowl and, as a result, the death of one person was reported first, while nine others were injured.
Later, the Police communicated a new assessment of the situation in which they reported the death of a woman, raising the death toll to two. Meanwhile, they reported a total of 22 gunshot wounds, among which there were a dozen children.
“There were shots fired west of Union Station, near the parking lot, and several people were injured,” Kansas City police said. on the social media platform X. “We detained two armed people for further investigation.”
The moment of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs parade in the US
He video of a witness posted on social media showed chaos outside the train station with dozens of police uniformed, with weapons in the hand, running towards him building while dozens of passers-by fled in the opposite direction.
Police in Missouri City (central United States) asked that “anyone found nearby leave the area as soon as possible.”
After the shooting, the first wounded They were treated in the area by emergency services. Likewise, a man wearing a red sports suit was among those arrested, according to AFP journalists at the scene.
Tens of thousands of people celebrated the Chiefs, that on Sunday they won the superbowl, the grand final of American football.
The traditional victory parade passed through the city to the train station Union Station, a 109-year-old Beaux Arts building that once served as a railway hub for passenger and freight traffic, and currently houses a museum and tourist attractions.
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