Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and different Kansas Metropolis Chiefs gamers expressed their condolences after a taking pictures Wednesday afternoon close to the NFL staff’s Tremendous Bowl parade in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
“Praying for Kansas Metropolis,” Mahomes posted on X, previously Twitter, following the incident, which got here simply days after the Chiefs gained the Tremendous Bowl.
In accordance with preliminary studies from a number of information retailers, as many as 10 folks have been shot close to the parade. Two armed people have been taken into custody, in response to police. Everybody on the Chiefs was protected and accounted for following the taking pictures, authorities confirmed at a press convention Wednesday.
Drue Tranquill, a linebacker for the Chiefs, wrote in response to the incident: “Please be a part of me in prayer for all of the victims on this heinous act. Pray that docs & first responders would have regular arms & that each one would expertise full therapeutic.”
Armani Watts, who was on the staff in 2019 when the Chiefs gained that 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl, posted, “Praying for KC man.”
Donovan Smith, an offensive sort out for the Chiefs, posted, “Praying for everybody right now in Kansas Metropolis.”
Brittany Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes’ spouse, posted on Instagram that “taking pictures isn’t the reply.”
“Praying for Kansas Metropolis and America typically, that is tough,” she stated.
Khalen Saunders, who performed for the Chiefs from 2019 to 2022, wrote: “Praying for KC. Praying for those affected and their households.”
Trey Smith, who joined the Chiefs in 2021, wrote on X: “My ideas and prayers … are with everybody affected by right now’s incidents—an enormous thanks to the primary responders who ran in the direction of the sound of hazard. You’re those who needs to be celebrated right now.”
Creed Humphrey, a middle for the Chiefs, shared Smith’s put up and wrote, “Praying for everybody concerned.”
Albert Breer, an NFL reporter, wrote after the taking pictures that Chiefs gamers have been stated to have helped calm kids down.
“The Chiefs left the parade in busses, and in shock,” Breer posted on X. “I’m instructed gamers have been UNBELIEVABLE [in] calming panicked children down. Blaine Gabbert … [Trey] Smith, Austin Reiter, Chris [Oladokun] … all rallied.”