People take cover during a shooting at Union Station during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LVIII victory parade on February 14, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri.Photo:Jamie Squire/Getty
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Parents of Parkland students who were killed in the school shooting on Feb. 14, 2018 have responded to “crushing” news about the mass shooting at theend of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl paradeWednesday in Kansas City, Mo.
“Just got home from the cemetery where I spent Valentine’s Day with my daughter who was shot and killed 6 years ago,” Fred Guttenberg, parent of Parkland victim Jaime Guttenberg, wrote onX (formerly known as Twitter). “Coming home to this news is crushing. WE DO NOT NEED TO ACCEPT THIS AS THE PRICE FOR LIVING IN AMERICA.”
Six years ago,14 students and three staff members were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. On anniversaries, the victims’ family members andsurvivors have spokenabout gun reform.
“It’s like, literally, we interrupt these interviews because we have another mass shooting going on. And then you might be interrupting that one because it was going to be another one, so it never stops. And yes, we will investigate so far,” Manuel said.
“I can tell you two things: there’s a gun, and there’s people that were shot," he continued. “So far without any investigation, I can tell that a common element gun and someone’s shooting innocent people. That should be enough for us to be offended and to start working on a solution.”
Detectives were seen investigating shootings at Liberty Memorial Park and obtaining footage from witnesses after shooting during the Superbowl Victory Celebration in Kansas City, MO helicopters were seen overhead and police also used drones to survey the scene.BACKGRID
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During a press conference late Wednesday, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said that there was one deceased and 22 wounded, though authorities were still working on the total number of victims and identifying the deceased victim.
An active investigation was underway and the scene had been “cleared” and made safe while authorities continue to collect evidence and conduct interviews, Graves said.
“Three persons were detained and under investigation for today’s incident,” Graves added. “Right now we do not have a motive.”
Graves said the shooting began on the west side of the city’s Union Station immediately after a rally honoring the Chiefs, who won the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Police don’t know a motive or what led up to the shooting, said Graves. She said she heard that fans may have helped subdue a shooter.
Kansas City Fire Department Chief Ross Grundyson said that the injured included “eight immediately life-threatening, seven life-threatening and six were minor injuries.” The injured were transported to three different hospitals: Children’s Mercy, Truman Medical and St. Luke’s.
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