One person has died and 21 people were injuring in a shooting in Missouri, at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade.
Eight victims were in immediately life-threatening condition and seven others suffered injuries that could prove life-threatening.
Nine children, aged 6 to 15, were among the wounded, but all children are expected to recover.
As of yet, police said they have arrested three suspects in connection to the shooting.
The shots were fired west of Union Station in downtown Kansas City, which was where the parade ended at around 14:00 local time and thousands of fans had gathered to watch the festivities.
Local reports said Kansas City Chiefs players were still on a stage there when the first shots rang out.
The gunfire caused the crowd to run for cover.
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said officers responded immediately after the gunshots broke out and detectives who were on the scene quickly opened an investigation.
The Fire Department also sprang to action, administering aid to the injured.
More than 800 police officers were already on the scene to monitor the parade.
A local radio station said one of its DJs, Lisa Lopez, was killed in the shooting.
The surviving victims were transported to three local hospitals, officials said, with the immediately life-threatening cases taken to hospital within 10 minutes of the shooting.
Local hospitals said they were also treating people who were not shot but who had suffered other injuries in the sudden stampede that followed the shooting.
A law enforcement source told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, that the shooting appeared to be the result of an argument that turned violent. The source said it was not terrorism related.
Police said they are investigating a motive and gathering physical as well as digital evidence. They asked for any witnesses or individuals with information to contact law enforcement.
In a statement, US president Joe Biden also reflected on the issue of gun violence in the country.
„Today’s events should move us, shock us, shame us into action”, he said, calling for gun reform and a ban on assault rifles in the US.
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