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One killed, nine (update - 22) hurt in Chiefs parade shooting

www.espn.com One killed, nine hurt in Chiefs parade shooting

One person was killed and nine were injured after shots were fired at the end of the Chiefs' Super Bowl parade Wednesday.

(update - 15th Feb) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mass shooting that unfolded amid throngs of people at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration appeared to stem from a dispute between several people, authorities said Thursday.

Police Chief Stacey Graves said that the 22 people injured in the shooting ranged between the ages of 8 and 47 years old, half of whom were under the age of 16. A mother of two was also killed.

News @lemmy.world One dead, nine injured in shooting at Chiefs' victory parade

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What the fuck is wrong with people

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- That's my question too. The cops keep talking about how they had 800~ various law enforcement individuals on hand and it still happened. Guns are a blight. Like this was a huge day for KC and the weather is beautiful, but now it's just another shooting incident.
  
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  I mean someone could just as easily have stabbed multiple people with a kitchen knife amidst the crowd and law enforcement would not have been able to stop it. I don't see how the blanket statement "guns are a blight" is valid. Before anyone gets up in arms (heh) I fully support stricter gun laws and better background checks.
  
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- Sadly, it seems any mass gathering is a potential target for this kind of bullshit. Regardless of the number of law enforcement in the area, it only takes seconds to mag dump pretty much any firearm. I'd be interested to know if the victims were complete bystanders or if this was the result of some sort of altercation.
  
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- Sportsball!
  
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This is the first shooting I've known someone in attendance. I literally heard back from them as I was writing this. What an awful sensation.

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- That's crazy. Hope they're OK.
  
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  Yeah, he ended up leaving literally just before the shooting started. He didn't hear the shooting, but all the sirens from police cars as he walked back to his car.
  
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Obviously not enough good guys with guns.

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This is getting rediculous I feel like a mass shooting needs to happen in 15 more states before people wake the fuck and realize we need to elect people in Washington to actually create common sense regulation.

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A young mother is dead because some morons couldn't keep their arguments verbal. This is lawlessness.

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Still not a drag queen

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