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Police officer after the shooting in Kansas City
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Tens of thousands came to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory three days ago. But suddenly shots were fired. “Shots were fired, striking several people, west of Union Station near the parking garage,” Kansas City police wrote on X . Two armed people were taken into custody, it said.
Police asked “anyone in the area” to leave the area “as quickly and safely as possible to facilitate treatment of the shooting victims.” Accordingly, “several people were hit.”
Fire Department Commander Michael Hopkins told the AP that eight to 10 people were injured. He did not provide any further information and noted that additional information would be released soon.
The incident occurred near the end of the parade during which the Chiefs celebrated their new Super Bowl victory. Three days after the dramatic victory against the San Francisco 49ers (25:22 n.V.), the team around star quarterback Patrick Mahomes drove three kilometers through the city on open buses and proudly presented the Vince Lombardi to the tens of thousands of fans on the side of the road. Trophy.
With unseasonably high temperatures of around 15 to 20 degrees Celsius, fans in red flocked together to celebrate their team. The weather also contributed to city officials estimating the number of spectators at over a million.
Many fans wondered if pop superstar Taylor Swift would attend the parade and victory speeches with her boyfriend Travis Kelce. Swift has not commented on this. She has a performance in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday evening, the first of three scheduled concerts on her Eras Tour. She was not visible at the start of the parade. Instead, Kelce was accompanied by his mother, Donna Kelce, the superstar of NFL mothers (her oldest son, Jason Kelce, is a center for the Philadelphia Eagles).
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