2024-02-15 23:14:19
▲ Photo from the scene of the Kansas City shooting incident on the 14th (local time): Yonhap News The shooting incident that occurred at the Super Bowl victory celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, USA on the 14th local time was not a crime planned from the beginning to target event participants. , analysis results showed that it appears to have originated from a dispute between individuals.
Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) Chief Stacey Graves said at a press briefing on the 15th, “I would like to emphasize that based on the preliminary investigation, there were no links to terrorism or homegrown violent extremism,” and added, “It appears that an altercation between several people ended in gunfire.” said.
He also revealed that two of the three people arrested and detained as suspects in this case were juveniles.
Police have not yet charged them and explained that further investigation is needed.
Details, including their specific motive for the crime and the circumstances leading up to the shooting, have not yet been revealed.
Director Graves said there were still more questions from reporters that could not be answered, and asked, “If anyone witnessed this shooting incident in person or has video of the incident, please report it.”
The previous afternoon, shortly after the Super Bowl victory celebration parade and stage event held in front of Union Station Square in Kansas City, a shooting occurred, killing a total of 22 people.
Among them, one person died and 21 were injured and taken to the hospital.
It was also reported that the ages of the 22 victims ranged from 8 to 47, and that more than half of them were children and adolescents under the age of 16.
The Associated Press and CNN reported that the woman who died in this incident was working as a DJ at a local radio station and had played a leading role in the local Latino community.
When the incident occurred the previous day, it was right after a large-scale parade and stage event celebrating the Super Bowl victory of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs.
The Chiefs brought great joy to local fans by winning the 58th Super Bowl held on the 11th, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25 to 22 after a close game that went into overtime.
Accordingly, the enthusiasm of citizens to participate in the celebration event attended by the athletes was strong, and city authorities estimated that the total number of participants would reach about 1 million.
Police deployed more than 800 people to the scene to manage the safety of the event with large crowds, but ultimately failed to prevent gun crime.
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