Twenty-four hours after shots rang out at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade and rally, the details of exactly what led up to the tragedy remain foggy.
Twenty-three people were shot Wednesday afternoon in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, right next to Union Station, where the parade had ended and the rally was held, police said Thursday.
Police said one of them was killed: Elizabeth Galvan, 43. She was a popular local radio DJ who also went by the name Lisa Lopez-Galvan. Her sister confirmed her death.
Police said that the 22 other victims are ages 8 to 47 and that at least half are under 16.
Police believe a dispute among several people ended in gunfire and said there was no evidence of terrorism or violent extremism.
Many witnesses described the chaotic scene as people fled.
Nick Bundy, 40, of Kansas City, was at the parade with his two kids, his girlfriend and her daughter.
He said that his group decided to leave just as the rally was ending but that as they were walking away from Union Station, “we heard gunshots, but it honestly didn’t really sound like a gun. It sounded like fireworks.”
Bundy said that what sounded like 15 to 20 shots in two seconds were “very quick” and sounded “almost automatic.”
As he was trying to get his group to safety, he said, he saw a dead body and a number of injured people on the ground. He said police rushed toward where the shooting occurred.
Bundy described the scene as “absolute chaos” and said the misinformation flying around and the lack of cellphone service made it difficult to understand what was going on.
Witnesses tackled potential suspects to the ground
A witness, Paul Contreras, was seen in video posted on social media tackling a possible suspect to the ground. He said in an interview on NBC’s “TODAY” show that he saw someone running in the opposite direction and “took him down.”
“It was just a reaction,” he said Thursday.
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