Kansas City Chiefs fans took to the streets in their hometown Wednesday to celebrate their team’s Super Bowl victory. The fun and festivities were interrupted when at least one armed thug opened fire west of Union Station, killing a mother of two and injuring 21 others, including nine children.
Had it not been for the quick and reflexive courage of two fathers who ran over the alleged gunman and tested his punch tolerance, this atrocity could very well have claimed many more victims. It is located in
Trey Filter and Paul Contreras didn’t know each other before, but both emphasized that doing nothing was never an option: “We just did it.”
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Kansas City, Missouri Police Department
shown The shooting began around 2 p.m. Wednesday west of Union Station, where a stage had been set up for the team’s players to give speeches, officials said.
Blaze News previously reported that footage of the incident shared online showed fans fleeing in panic from the sound of gunshots.
22 people were hit by bullets.police
I got it. Eight of the victims had “immediately life-threatening” wounds, seven had “life-threatening” gunshot wounds and six had minor injuries.
Children’s Mercy Kansas City spokesperson
Said KSHB-TV reported that 11 children were taken to the hospital with injuries, nine of whom suffered gunshot wounds.
Lisa López Galván, a 44-year-old radio disc jockey and mother of two, was fatally struck in the abdomen.
López Galván Radio Station, KKFI 90.1 FM,
Said “We are deeply saddened and deeply saddened by the loss of KKFI DJ and Taste of Tejano host Lisa López Galvan today in a shooting at a KC Chiefs rally,” the statement said. It is with heavy hearts that we inform the community.” Our hearts and prayers are with her family. ”
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report A local mother of two may have actually become the second person killed in the shooting. She died after a 3:30 p.m. press conference on Wednesday, and police said one person had already died.
Three suspects were taken into custody and at least one firearm was recovered from the scene.
according to According to initial reports from KCMPD, police took two armed suspects into custody. FBI Kansas City Said Wednesday night’s shooting “may have involved multiple actors.”
“We do not have a motive, but we are asking anyone who may have any information, including witnesses or footage, to contact police,” KCMPD Chief Stavie Graves said Wednesday.
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Trey Filter was with his wife and two sons when shots rang out and the crowd of people surrounding them began to take cover. Then someone yelled, “Get him!”he
Said New York Post.
“My brain says, ‘That has to be him,'” Filter recalled. “I literally remember when I was tackling him, I was like, ‘I wish this was the guy they were yelling at me to get.’ ‘Cause I just said, ‘Boom!’ . …I don’t remember seeing him coming at all. ”
Filter jumped on the alleged gunman and pushed him to the ground, but the gunman managed to wriggle free.
That’s when another father, who has a zero-tolerance policy, steps in to help.
KETV-TV
report Paul Contreras of Bellevue, Nebraska, was with his three daughters when he heard what sounded like fireworks. But when it became clear that the crackles were gunshots and that the alleged gunman was on the run, his parental instincts kicked in.
Contreras reportedly saw another man chasing the suspect and screaming for someone to help.
“I didn’t think about it,” Contreras told KETV. “It was just a reaction. I had no hesitation. I just had to give it a go.”
“So I went to tackle him and another gentleman did the same thing,” Contreras continued. “And as I was tackling him, I could see his weapon fall out of his hand or fall out of his sleeve, because he was wearing a long jacket.”
Trey Filter’s wife, Casey, rushed toward the gun and tried to secure it after it fell to the ground, the Post reported. Filter indicated the murder weapon was an AK-47 rifle, but police have not confirmed the make and model.
“So when you see that on the ground, you’re like, ‘Oh, I know. I’ve got to beat this guy,'” Contreras added.
The Nebraska father said he and another “Good Samaritan” held on to the suspect for “what seemed like an eternity, but it was probably like…30 seconds” before police arrived.
Filter saw Contreras struggling with the suspected gunman in the dirt and quickly returned to action and began throwing punches.
“I don’t know if I knocked him unconscious when I tackled him or what, but I squeezed him so hard that for all I know he might have passed out all the time. . I just started punching him in the ribs,” he told Filter and Post. “I was just yelling, ‘Bring out the gun!'” “And I just punched him in the ribs. It was amazing. You know, America’s thing.”
While Mr. Filter stuffed the suspect’s granary with knuckle sandwiches, Mr. Contreras reportedly began plastic surgery on the suspect’s face.
“He keeps fighting to get up and run,” Contreras said. “We’re fighting each other. We’re fighting to keep him down and he’s fighting to get back up.”
After police made the arrest and a nearby witness praised the fathers’ efforts, Mr. Filter told his sons, “Bring your mother and we’ll get her out of here.”
CNN said it remains unclear whether the man who was subdued by Contreras and Filter was ultimately among the three.
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