2024-02-20 18:23:51
President Joe Biden addressed the attack and delivered a powerful message regarding guns in the United States.
Thousands of fans took to the streets of Kansas City to celebrate that their team won the Super Bowl 2024but the celebration ended abruptly due to an unexpected shooting that left several victims.
On the night of Sunday, February 11, the LVIII edition of the most famous sporting event in the United States took place. There the Kansas City Chiefs They managed to prevail against the San Francisco 49ers, in a match that ended with the score 25 vs 22.
This victory caused almost a million fans of the American football team to come out to watch the caravan that would pass through the state of Missouri.
The Super Bowl celebration that ended in a shooting
According to the police, the shots occurred around 2:00 p.m. (local time), outside the station. Union Station. There a large crowd gathered to be part of the Chiefs championship parade.
Following this fact, the police chief, Stacey Gravesin the middle of a press conference stated that one person died and 22 were injured by shooting.
“The number of shots fired, the time between the detonations, the motive are still being determined… “Everything is in an ongoing investigation,” the officer assured.
Additionally, Graves stated that the agents They arrested three peopleupdating previous information on two suspects.
Joe Biden refers to the use of weapons
Upon learning of this serious situation, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, made a call against armed violence.
“For this joy to turn into tragedy today in Kansas City deeply wounds the American soul. “Today’s events should move, shock and shame us into action,” stated the highest authority of the United States.
“The gun violence epidemic is tearing families and communities apart every day. Some are news. Many of them are not. But all this is unacceptable. We have to decide who we are as a country,” said the president.