Amid the chaos following the shooting that occurred just as the Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally ended in Kansas City, head coach Andy Reid steps in to comfort fans as they try to make sense of what’s going on around them. I tried.
In the aftermath of Wednesday’s mass shooting that claimed one life and injured 21 others, high school sophomore Gabe Wallace became separated from his friends and desperately ran to safety inside Union Station, according to reports. It is said that he ran away. .
There, several people, including Reed, comforted Wallace, who was worried that his friend had been injured in the shooting.
“I was so happy that Andy Reid tried to comfort me.” Wallace told the Kansas City Star. “He kind of hugged me and was like, ‘Are you okay?’ ” Are you okay? Just breathe. ‘He was really kind.
“He left to check on the others, I’m sure.”
Wallace was reunited with his friend Hank Hunter 30 minutes later in an emotional scene outside Union Station.
Gabe said, “My friend died. That’s what’s going through my head,” Gabe said, expressing his feelings not knowing what happened to his friend. “I’m literally thinking, ‘What if my friend dies? … Are they alive or just lying on the floor bleeding?’ I don’t know. “
Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated reported that Chiefs players, especially Blaine Gabbert, Trey Smith, Austin Reiter, and Chris Oladukun, helped calm the children during the scuffle. Ta.
The team confirmed that all players, staff, and their families are safe.
Video from the scene showed football fans enjoying an afternoon of celebration running fearing for their lives as gunshots rang out.
Three suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting.
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The victim killed in Wednesday’s shooting has been identified as Lisa Lopez Galvan, her loved ones confirmed to The Kansas City Star.
López-Galván was an avid Chiefs fan and mother of two children.
Lopez’s two nieces and nephews were also injured. KMBC reported.
“I am angry about what happened today. Those who came to this celebration should expect a safe environment,” Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a news conference.
“Because of a small number of bad actors, this tragedy occurred in the presence of uniformed law enforcement officers.”
