One dead, 21 injured in Super Bowl parade shooting: Officials

15 Feb 2024 • 8:04 AM MYT
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People flee after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade on Feb 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. - (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

KANSAS CITY - At least 21 people were injured, among them several children, and one person was killed in a shooting Wednesday at a parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory, police said.

"We had eight what we considered immediately life-threatening patients, we had seven with life-threatening injuries, and had six that had minor injuries," Kansas City fire department chief Ross Grundyson told a press conference. A third person was also detained after the attack, officials said.

Earlier, a spokeswoman for Children's Mercy Hospital told AFP that it was treating at least 12 people -- 11 of them children, nine for gunshot wounds. - AFP

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