Witnesses to the shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl party recount their stories………….
Missouri’s Kansas City (KWCH) – For hundreds of supporters gathered near Union Station for a protest that followed the victory parade, what was supposed to be a day of celebration for the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs turned into a terrifying experience. Following a mass shooting that left a radio DJ dead and twenty-one people injured, including nine children between the ages of six and fifteen, the FBI and ATF were called to the site.
Minutes after Chiefs players committed to winning a third consecutive Super Bowl the next season, there was a shooting.
Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, Quinton Lucas, remarked, “This is absolutely a tragedy, the likes of which we would have never expected in KC and the likes of which we will remember for a long time.”
A journalistOlivia Lewis was one of the people who saw the incident occur close to Union Station as the Chiefs victory celebration was coming to an end. She claimed that her relative was one of the child victims.
Lewis claimed to have witnessed “her getting carried away in an ambulance and it was just a blackout moment.”
Emery Watson, the witness, stated that at first she thought she was hearing fireworks. She was going to the celebration with some college pals.
“We observed the police pushing the barricade while we were strolling after hearing several gunshots,” Watson remarked.
She was one of thousands of people that fled by walking blocks in order to process their feelings about what they had gone through.
Watson remarked, “It hasn’t really hit me that we were like right there.”
Being present during the festivities as He claimed that “nobody really knew and understood what was going on.” That relates to the case for the 1.5 miles we ran to avoid Union Station. Everyone we speak with and everyone who saw us asks, “Was that a shooting? ”
12 News spoke with a number of Wichita supporters who travelled to Kansas City for the celebration on Wednesday night. Some claim that what transpired at the end of the march was akin to living out one’s worst fear.
“We began speed-walking a little bit when we saw law enforcement running in,” Wichita resident Anna Lopez said.
Alex Garcia of Wichitan stated that his group joined the throng of people sprinting for safety.
“As more individuals began to run, we also Confusion swiftly replaced chaos.
Garcia remarked, “You’re just staring at people’s faces and you just see anxiousness.” People just ask, “Where should I go next?” There’s only anxiety; you can’t go, you can’t go back, and you’re not even sure if you can go left or right.
On Wednesday morning, Garcia and Lopez made their way to Kansas City in anticipation of the march and demonstration. For what transpired, they were unprepared.
A gentleman then yelled to us, “No, it’s not okay, there was somebody with a gun, somebody’s down,” according to Lopez. “So, we were kind of shocked at that point.”
It was a sad way to conclude the celebration, even if Garcia and Lopez were unharmed.
“We witnessed a great deal.”
