- At least one person has died after shots were fired on the sidelines of a victory parade by the Kansas City Chiefs football team, according to police in Kansas City (USA).
- Ten to 15 people were also injured, Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a press conference.
- According to information, two armed suspects were arrested.
According to official information, the shots were fired near the train station near a parking garage. It was unclear whether the crime was connected to the victory parade. TV images showed how the event site was evacuated. All Kansas City Chiefs players, coaches and staff are safe, said Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas.
At the big parade, the Kansas City Chiefs celebrated their fourth Super Bowl title, which they won three days ago in the game against the San Francisco 49ers. The team around star quarterback Patrick Mahomes drove three kilometers through the city on open buses and proudly presented the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the tens of thousands of fans on the side of the road.
«The investigation has only just begun. And we are working to clear all surrounding areas and businesses,” Graves said at the press conference in Kansas City. She did not provide details about the arrested suspects.
Since many schools remained closed for the day, there were also numerous children among the fans. However, the police do not assume that there are no children among the injured. The police did not provide any information about the condition of the injured. According to US media, three of the injured are in critical condition. “I’m praying for Kansas City,” wrote Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs on X (formerly Twitter).
The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25:22 after overtime in Las Vegas in the National Football League final on Sunday. The Chiefs had previously won the so-called Vince Lombardi Trophy in 1970, 2020 and 2023. According to the media, superstar Taylor Swift did not accompany her boyfriend Travis Kelce to the parade and victory speeches in Kansas City, unlike on Sunday.