Mass shooting during the Super Bowl parade in Kansas City – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

It was while hundreds of thousands, perhaps as many as a million, people were celebrating the winning team of this year’s Super Bowl that someone started shooting. – There are between 10 and 15 people injured and one is confirmed dead, Kansas City police chief Stacey Graves told the press shortly before 23 Norwegian time. All must have been hit by gunfire. Two arrested What was supposed to be a tribute to the city’s great heroes ended in complete chaos. It was in the area around Union Station where a stage had been set up and the football team was being cheered just before someone started shooting into the crowd. – Everyone in the vicinity must leave the area as quickly and safely as possible to facilitate the treatment of the gunshot victims. Please avoid the Union Station parking garage to allow first responders to get through, the police immediately wrote on the X. Then it quickly became clear that the scale was quite a lot bigger and dramatic. Several people are said to have been shot in connection with the Super Bowl victory parade for the Kansas City Chiefs. Two people have been arrested. The fire department in the city went out and reported that around ten people had been hit by gunshots, and the local TV station KCPD reported that there are supposed to be children among the injured. The children’s hospital “Children’s Mercy” also confirms that they have received injured people this evening. To ABCNews, the fire service confirms that one person has lost their life in the shooting. They also report that three people are critically injured, five have serious injuries, while one has non-life-threatening injuries. One of the two people the police quickly got control of. Photo: AFP Quite immediately after the shooting, the police came out and confirmed that they had arrested two people and that both were carrying weapons. A million in the streets It was expected that around a million people would turn up for the parade, and around 600 police officers. There were reportedly close to a million people on the streets and in the area around Union Station in Kansas City tonight. Photo: AFP Governor Mike Parson of Missouri and his wife were present when the incident happened. They are not injured, he writes on X. – While we wait for more information, our hearts go out to the victims, he writes. The shooting happened west of Union Station, near a parking garage, according to a statement from Kansas City police. Video footage shows chaotic scenes outside the station as police officers stormed the building as people celebrating the Super Bowl victory sought shelter. The Kansas City Chiefs won 25-22 in overtime over the San Francisco 49ers in the American football final on the night of Monday Norwegian time. The Kansas City Chiefs thus became Super Bowl champions for the second year in a row and the third time in five years. The police are trying to gain control of the situation. Photo: Reuters



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