At least one person was killed and as many as 21 others injured with gunshot wounds in a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, after a rally Wednesday celebrating the Chiefs Super Bowl victory, authorities said.
Of the injured, eight had “immediately life-threatening injures, seven had life-threatening injuries and six had minor injuries, Kansas City Fire Department Chief Ross Grundyson said.
None of the victims have been identified by officials.
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Children’s Mercy Hospital said it was treating 12 victims, most of them children with gunshot wounds.
Three people have been detained after the shooting near a garage west of Union Station, the Kansas City Police Department said.
Police are working to determine whether one of the people detained was tackled by bystanders, Kansas City Missouri Police Chief Stacey Graves said.
The department did not identify suspects. The shooting appears to be criminal in nature and not terrorism, according to a preliminary investigation, three law enforcement officials briefed on the incident said.
Police asked people to quickly leave the area so victims could get medical aid.
Thousands of people had gathered in downtown Kansas City for a celebratory parade and rally at Union Station after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win on Sunday.
Police said all of the Chiefs players, coaches, staff and their families were safe.
A senior White House official said that the Biden administration was “closely monitoring” the situation and that “federal law enforcement is on scene supporting local law enforcement.”
Drue Tranquill, a linebacker with the Chiefs, asked people to join him in prayer for the victims over “this heinous act.”
“Pray that doctors & first responders would have steady hands & that all would experience full healing,” he said on X.
“Praying for Kansas City,” Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes also said on the platform.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly was at the celebration and was safely evacuated.