One lifeless, a number of shot at Tremendous Bowl parade

Kevin Sanders, 53, of Lenexa, Kansas, mentioned he heard what appeared like firecrackers after which folks working. After that preliminary flurry, calm returned, and he didn’t suppose a lot of it. However he mentioned 10 minutes later, ambulances began displaying up.

“It sucks that somebody needed to break the celebration, however we’re in an enormous metropolis,” Sanders mentioned.

Lisa Augustine, spokesperson for Kids’s Mercy Kansas Metropolis, mentioned the hospital “is receiving sufferers from the rally.” She didn’t know what number of or instantly supply any particulars about their accidents.

The College of Kansas Well being System was treating one particular person wounded within the capturing, mentioned Jill Jensen Chadwick, information director for the well being system. She didn’t know the particular person’s situation.

“When you’ve gotten this many casualties, it’s going to get unfold out amongst plenty of hospitals so that you just don’t overwhelm single ER,” she mentioned.

Missouri Governor Mike Parson and the primary girl had been on the parade when photographs had been fired however are protected, Parson posted on X.

“State legislation enforcement personnel are helping native authorities in response efforts,” Parson posted. “As we wait to be taught extra, our hearts exit to the victims.”

Chiefs coach Rick Burkholder mentioned he was with coach Andy Reid and different coaches and employees members, and the workforce was on buses and returning to Arrowhead Stadium.

Areas that had been full of crowds had been empty after the capturing, with police and firefighters standing and speaking behind an space restricted by yellow tape.

Throngs lined the route, with followers climbing timber and road poles, or standing on rooftops for a greater view. Proprietor Clark Hunt was on a kind of buses, holding the Lombardi Trophy. Former Fashionable Household star Eric Stonestreet was a part of the mob.

Gamers rolled by way of the group on double-decker buses, DJs and drummers heralding their arrival.

“We’re stacking up trophies,” linebacker Drue Tranquill mentioned as he grabbed a reporter’s mic throughout Wednesday’s festivities to mark the Chiefs’ come-from-behind, 25-22 additional time win over the San Francisco 49ers.

“Greatest followers on this planet,” exclaimed vast receiver Mecole Hardman, who caught the profitable landing go, as he walked alongside the route, with the gamers signing jerseys and no less than one particular person’s head.

“By no means cease,” added Isiah Pacheco, who performs the working again place for the Chiefs.

Key on the minds of many followers was whether or not pop famous person Taylor Swift would be a part of her boyfriend Travis Kelce for the parade and victory speeches. Nonetheless, she has since landed in Melbourne for a present on Friday night time, the primary of three scheduled live shows on her Eras Tour.

As an alternative, Kelce was joined by his mum, Donna Kelce, the famous person of NFL mums (her oldest son, Jason Kelce, is a centre

The capturing on Wednesday broke the celebratory temper on Valentine’s Day as Chiefs followers marked their third Tremendous Bowl title in 5 seasons.

Unseasonably heat temperatures had gamers stripping off shirts. The climate additionally helped generate a crowd that metropolis officers estimate might prime a million followers.

Town and the workforce every chipped in round $US1 million ($1.5m) for the occasion commemorating Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs turning into the primary workforce since Tom Brady and the New England Patriots twenty years in the past to defend their title.

Some followers camped in a single day and others started to stake out spots earlier than daybreak to catch prime viewing spots. Bailey McDermott, 17, and Gracie Gilby, 16, of Lebanon, Missouri, bought up at 3am to make the three-hour drive to the parade. They’d a celebration to observe the sport and confetti poppers erupted when the Chiefs gained.