Caught on camera: Brave Kansas City Chiefs fan fights gunman who opened fire at Super Bowl parade

Kansas City Chiefs fans showed bravery and quick thinking on Wednesday Intervene in painful moments During the Super Bowl victory parade, confront a gunman who opened fire during the celebration.

A mass shooting occurred at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory rally, causing panic among a large number of fans, leaving 21 people dead and many children injured. Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, which treats patients under 17 years old, said it was treating 12 people, 11 of them children, after the shooting, nine of whom suffered gunshot wounds.

President Joe Biden called on Americans to support his call for Congress to ban assault weapons, calling the deadly shooting at a Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City “far-reaching.” “Today’s events should move us, shock us, shame us, and make us take action,” Biden said in a White House statement. He called on Americans to “make your voices heard in Congress so that we finally take action to ban assault weapons, Limit high-capacity magazines and tighten background checks to keep guns out of the hands of those who have no right to own or handle them.”

The attack in Kansas occurred shortly after Chiefs players addressed a large crowd of cheering supporters who had gathered nearby. Shocked fans scrambled to safety and police cleared Union Station after gunfire rang out, bringing a tragic end to a joyous morning celebrating the NFL championship. Three people were detained after the incident, but the motive for the shooting remains under investigation, police said. Many of the victims suffered “life-threatening injuries,” Kansas City Fire Chief Ross Glendison said at a news conference.

A local radio station, KKFI, announced that one of its DJs, Lisa Lopez, was killed in the attack. “This senseless act took the life of a beautiful man’s family and the Kansas City community,” the station said in a post on its Facebook page. A spokesman for Children’s Mercy said all patients treated were expected to recover. Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a news conference that she was aware of reports that some fans may have been involved in the pursuit of at least one suspect and that investigators were reviewing video of the incident.

According to police, a series of shots rang out near a garage near the station at the end of a victory rally following the march. A video posted on social media showed chaos outside the station as dozens of uniformed police officers with weapons drawn rushed into the building while dozens of bystanders fled in the opposite direction. “We are deeply saddened by today’s senseless shooting in Kansas City following a Chiefs celebration,” the NFL said in a statement. “Our hearts go out to the victims and everyone affected.”

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