Patrick Mahomes posts message of support after Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting
Patrick Mahomes took to social media Wednesday to post a message of support following the shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade. Shots broke out at the end of the route near Kansas City’s Union Station as the franchise was celebrating its second straight title.
Mahomes and the rest of the Chiefs were wrapping up the celebration just three days after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. Police said one person was killed in the shooting, and there were 10 victims. Two people were taken into custody.
“Praying for Kansas City…” Mahomes wrote on X.
At 2:13 p.m. CT Wednesday – more than three hours after Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs started their Super Bowl parade – police announced a shooting took place near the Union Station parking garage.
“Shots were fired west of Union Station near the garage and multiple people were struck,” the KC Police’s official Twitter account wrote. “We took two armed people into custody for more investigation.”
Dia Wall of KSHB41 reported 10 shooting victims during the parade.
“(Kansas City police) confirms 10 shooting victims today,” she wrote. “Multiple children being treated at Children’s Mercy Hospital.”
Marcus Officer of FOX 4 Kansas City reported the death of one of the 10 victims and also acknowledged, reportedly, a third person in custody.
“1 person has died, and at least 9 people hurt in shooting in Downtown KC,” Officer wrote on Twitter. “KCPD have 3 people in custody.”
Captain Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the KC Police Department provided more.
“At the conclusion of the rally there were shots fired west of Union Station near the garage and several people were struck,” he said, via the KC Star. “We need people to exit the area as quickly and safely as possible and avoid the parking garage in order to facilitate treatment of shooting victims.”
Amid the chaos, fans and members of the Chiefs organization crossed paths as they rushed to make their way to a safe location. One young fan – Gabe Wallace – came across Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, who he said tried to offer some comfort amid the horror.
In a video McDowell posted along with that account of coming across Reid, Wallace recounts hearing the first shots and fleeing into or around Union Station for cover, near where the shooting reportedly took place.
“I heard just like ‘Boom, boom!’ like real quick,” Wallace said of the initial gunfire. “And then the security guard was like, ‘Get over the barricade, get in Union Stat — get over here right now, come on, come on, let’s go.’ So we went into to Union Station, like I had no idea if my friends are OK — it’s terrible.”
Nick Kosko and Andrew Graham contributed to this report.