Officials: 3 Individuals Detained over Kansas City Shooting

A victim is aided after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVII
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During a Wednesday night press conference, Kanas City officials and law enforcement noted that the number of shooting victims exceeds 20, and three individuals are now detained.

Breitbart News previously reported, “Shots were fired at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration parade Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri.”

Shortly after the 2:00 p.m. shooting occurred, information indicated that two armed individuals were detained and Breitbart News reported that information.

Kansas City Chiefs Parade

Law enforcement personnel investigate following a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs NFL football Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, MO, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

In the 6:30 p.m. press conference, carried by 12 KWCH, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves made clear that three individuals are now detained “and under investigation.”

She said the number of individuals shot is 22, one of whom died:

Chief Graves said police do not have a motive at this time, and they are asking witnesses to contact them and share any video they may have taken on their mobile phones.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a pro-staffer for Pulsar Night Vision. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

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