Patrick Mahomes, other Chiefs players reacts to mass shooting at parade celebration

EAST SIDE OF UNION STATION NEAR THE PARK. KELLY. WRIGHT I TALKED TO I, I JUST TALKED TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY IS HEADED OVER TO TALK TO POLICE RIGHT NOW. I COULD TELL BY THE HORRIFIED LOOK ON HER FACE. I COULD TELL BY THE HORRIFIED LOOK ON HER FACE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG, THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED. AND WE TALKED TO HER JUST MOMENTS AGO. SHE WAS A VISITOR, CAME FROM OUT OF TOWN. SHE USED TO BE FROM KANSAS CITY. CAME FROM THE PARADE. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT? I JUST CAME ACROSS A COUPLE FOLKS WHO WERE ACTUALLY VISITING KANSAS CITY JUST FOR THE PARADE, AND THEY WERE JUST ABOUT TO CATCH A RIDE HOME, AND I COULD SEE THE FEAR ON THEIR FACE. WHAT? TELL US WHAT HAPPENED. SO THE PARADE HAD JUST WRAPPED UP AND WE HAD BROUGHT AN UBER. WE TOOK AN UBER SO THAT WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO PARK. WE’RE FROM KANSAS CITY, BUT WE FLEW IN YESTERDAY FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE JUST FOR THE PARADE, AND WE WERE HEADED BACK TO THE DIRECTION WHERE THE UBER HAD DROPPED US OFF WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN PEOPLE STARTED CRUSHING FORWARD AND EVERYBODY STARTED RUNNING. THERE WAS SCREAMING. WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. BUT THIS DAY AND AGE, WHEN PEOPLE RUN, YOU RUN AND SO I PUT MY ARMS AROUND HER AND WE TRIED TO PUSH THROUGH SO PEOPLE WOULDN’T RUN ON TOP OF US. AND THERE WAS A WOMAN CRYING, SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEBODY HAD BEEN SHOT. UM, OF COURSE, IT’S HARD TO KNOW. IS IT A SINGULAR INCIDENT OR IS THERE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER? BUT WE GOT PUSHED ALL THE WAY UP TO UNION STATION, WHERE THEY HAD GATED EVERYTHING OFF. SO YOU COULDN’T GET IN FOR THE CHIEFS AND EVERYBODY STARTED JUMPING THE RAILS AND PUSHING EVERYBODY OVER. WE GOT INSIDE AND WE THOUGHT THAT, OKAY, IT’S CALM NOW, WE’RE INSIDE. WE’LL BE SAFE AND WE HAD MOVED DOWN THE STAIRS SO WE COULD EXIT BACK OUT. AND I TOLD MY, MY DAUGHTER, LET’S JUST SIT DOWN FOR A MINUTE AND HEAR AND BREATHE, BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE A CAR, WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND ABOUT THAT TIME, PEOPLE STARTED RUNNING AGAIN, AND SOME GIRLS WERE SAYING THERE WAS SHOOTING AND AND SHE SAID SHE HAD IT, WHICH DOESN’T MAKE SENSE. BUT SHE SAID SHE HAD A HOLE IN HER PANTS FROM IT AND THAT WAS TERRIFYING. SO WE RAN INTO A HALLWAY AND A JANITOR SAID, COME INTO THIS AREA. WE WENT WHERE AN ELEVATOR WAS. WE SHUT THE DOORS AND SAT BACK AGAINST THE DOORS, AND WE PRAYED AND THERE WAS YELLING AND I DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WAS SAFE TO LEAVE OR SO WE TRIED TO BLOCK THE DOORS, AND THEN WE HEARD THE ELEVATOR START TO MOVE. SO WE OPENED THE DOORS AND RAN OUT, AND WE WENT THROUGH A SIDE DOOR. AND THERE WERE OFFICERS. I’VE NEVER BEEN SO GLAD TO SEE AN OFFICER IN MY LIFE. AND THEY TOLD YOU TO TRY TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT US TO A SAFE PLACE. THEY SAID, UM, WE’RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON. WE DON’T WANT YOU TO LEAVE HERE, GO ACROSS THE STREET. WE ARE GATHERING A GROUP OF PEOPLE, SO THEY MADE US STAY THERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THEY WERE EASILY 35 OFFICERS SURROUNDING THE PERIMETER. AND THEN WHEN THEY SAID AN AREA WAS CLEAR, THEY USHERED US UP FROM THE DOWNS STAIRS, THE BELLY OF UNION STATION, AND OVER TO WHERE THE BUSSES WERE. AND THEN THE OFFICERS. I’M SO GLAD YOU BOTH MADE IT OUT SAFE. I COULD TELL BY THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE THAT YOU WERE VERY

Patrick Mahomes, other Chiefs players reacts to mass shooting at parade celebration

Updated: 4:58 PM PST Feb 14, 2024

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes reacted to Wednesday’s deadly shooting in Kansas City.The shooting happened after the rally portion of the celebration wrapped up at Union Station. “Praying for Kansas City,” Mahomes said in an X post. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas confirmed during a press conference held in the aftermath of the shooting that all of the Chiefs players and staff were safe.Mahomes responded to the shooting shortly after his teammate, Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill, tweeted about the incident.”Please join me in prayer for all the victims in this heinous act. Pray that doctors & first responders would have steady hands & that all would experience full healing,” Tranquill said on X. Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith also shouted out first responders who rushed in to help.”My thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by today’s incidents—a huge thank you to the first responders who ran towards the sound of danger. You’re the ones who should be celebrated today,” Smith posted on X.Some members of the Kansas City Chiefs reportedly helped children in the seconds after Wednesday’s shooting outside Union Station.Albert Breer, an NFL insider at Sports Illustrated, said Chiefs players left the parade “in shock.”Breer reports multiple players helped calm some children down.”The Chiefs left the parade in busses, and in shock. I’m told players were UNBELIEVABLE calming panicked kids down. Blaine Gabbert, Tre Smith, Austin Reiter, Chris Oladukun all rallied,” Breer said on X. “Smith went to one upset kid, gave him the WWE title belt and sat with him til he calmed down.” The Chiefs organization sent out a statement regarding the shooting.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes reacted to Wednesday’s deadly shooting in Kansas City.

The shooting happened after the rally portion of the celebration wrapped up at Union Station.

“Praying for Kansas City,” Mahomes said in an X post.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas confirmed during a press conference held in the aftermath of the shooting that all of the Chiefs players and staff were safe.

Mahomes responded to the shooting shortly after his teammate, Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill, tweeted about the incident.

“Please join me in prayer for all the victims in this heinous act. Pray that doctors & first responders would have steady hands & that all would experience full healing,” Tranquill said on X.

Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith also shouted out first responders who rushed in to help.

“My thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by today’s incidents—a huge thank you to the first responders who ran towards the sound of danger. You’re the ones who should be celebrated today,” Smith posted on X.

Some members of the Kansas City Chiefs reportedly helped children in the seconds after Wednesday’s shooting outside Union Station.

Albert Breer, an NFL insider at Sports Illustrated, said Chiefs players left the parade “in shock.”

Breer reports multiple players helped calm some children down.

“The Chiefs left the parade in busses, and in shock. I’m told players were UNBELIEVABLE calming panicked kids down. Blaine Gabbert, Tre Smith, Austin Reiter, Chris Oladukun all rallied,” Breer said on X. “Smith went to one upset kid, gave him the WWE title belt and sat with him til he calmed down.”

The Chiefs organization sent out a statement regarding the shooting.