Kansas shooting: At least 1 dead, 22 injured in Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade attack

Kansas City Shooting: At least one person was killed while 22 were injured in a shooting incident in Missouri during a parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs winning the Super Bowl LVIII, earlier this week, US media reported.

Three suspects have been detained so far for investigation, according to Kansas City Police chief Stacey Graves who described Wednesday’s incident as a “tragedy”.

“There are a lot more people who are going to be forever impacted by what happened here today,” said Graves.

“We were here for a safe celebration and because of two bad actors – that’s why we are standing here today. My heart goes out to our victim who is deceased,” she added.

The victims were transported to several hospitals in the area, with eight suffering “immediately” life-threatening injuries.

“We had eight what we considered immediately life-threatening patients, we had seven with life-threatening injuries, and had six that had minor injuries,” Kansas City fire department chief Ross Grundyson told a press conference.

Notably, some 800 law enforcement officers were at the parade where almost 1 million fans were expected to join the celebrations. Video footage of the incident near Union Station showed people chaotically attempting to avoid being caught in the crosshairs of the gunmen.

“The security guard was like, ‘Get over the damn fence right now, there’s a shooter.’ When I was hopping over the barricade, my foot hit [it] and my face nailed the concrete,” Gabe Wallace one of the witnesses was quoted as saying by The Guardian.