Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting timeline: Video confirms the exact time gunshots started

Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting timeline: Video confirms the exact time gunshots started
HERE IN STUDIO MATT WALK US THROUGH THE EVENTS. KELLY AND LARA, WE DO KNOW THAT THIS VIDEO MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME PEOPLE TO WATCH. WE DID HAVE CREWS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE AREA. WE KNOW BOTH OF YOU WERE THERE. KMBC CAMERAS WERE ROLLING ON TWO DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS WHEN THE SHOTS STARTED. THANK YOU, KANSAS CITY. THANK YOU CHIEFS KINGDOM 1:48 P.M. WEDNESDAY. IT WAS NINE SECONDS AFTER MITCH HOLTUS THANKED CHIEFS KINGDOM AFTER THE CHIEFS SUPER BOWL VICTORY. RALLY. THE KINGDOM WAS FOREVER SHAKEN. A SERIES OF RAPID GUNSHOTS AUDIO CAPTURED ON KMBC CAMERAS, LARA MORITZ AND LEN JENNINGS WAITING TO BROADCAST, BOTH WITH HEADSETS ON, DID NOT HEAR THE GUNSHOTS, BUT IN THE CROWD, PEOPLE LOOKED WEST. A SECOND ANGLE WAS ROLLING. TWO. THE SAME GUNSHOTS. WE JUST HEARD THE CROWD SCATTERING. THEN THE FIRST CALLS FROM POLICE CLARK ONE TO TAK TEN. CAN YOU GET SOMEBODY OVER HERE, PLEASE? NEWS CHOPPER NINE SHOWING THE CROWD A FOUR WHEELER STARTING TO MOVE TO THE WEST SIDE OF UNION STATION TO HELP. YES, THAT’S PART OF THE WEST SIDE. ABOUT 30S AFTER THE FIRST GUNSHOTS, A KMBC CAMERA CAPTURING PEOPLE RUNNING WEST INTO THE UNION STATION PARKING GARAGE. NOT LONG AFTER YOU SEE KCPD OFFICERS TRYING TO MOVE CHIEFS PLAYERS OFF THE STAGE. THEN ALL THOSE POLICE. MEDICAL WORKERS AND AMBULANCES MOVING IN, WORKING QUICKLY TO SAVE LIVES. NINE SECONDS AFTER THE END OF THE RALLY, THOSE SHOTS STARTED. THE VIDEO ALSO SHOWS THE HEROISM OF PEOPLE MOVING IN TO HELP.
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Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting timeline: Video confirms the exact time gunshots started
Audio captured by sister station KMBC's cameras shows a rapid series of gunfire that began after Kansas City Super Bowl parade celebrations on the west side of Union Station around 1:48 p.m. CT on Wednesday.The videos in this story may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised.Here's a breakdown of the timing: It began just nine seconds after the radio voice of the Chiefs, Mitch Holthus, thanked Chiefs Kingdom following the conclusion of the team’s Super Bowl victory rally. Police confirmed they are investigating the gunshots originating near Pershing and Kessler, just west of Union Station.Two of KMBC's cameras captured the audio of the rapid gunshots.And as KMBC anchor Lara Moritz and sports director Len Jennings waited to broadcast, gunshots could be heard in the background. Both had headsets on and did not hear the gunfire.But, in the crowd, you could see people looking to the west after the shots happened.Moritz and Jennings pivoted quickly from broadcasting about the rally to breaking the news to the public about the shootings.A second KMBC camera angle was rolling, too, from the platform of the Liberty Memorial. From that view, you can see the crowd scattering in various directions as the gunshots are heard.About thirty seconds after the first gunshots, a KMBC camera captured people running west into the Union Station parking garage.The video also shows KCPD officers trying to move Chiefs players off stage.Witness video shows people scattering up the hill of the Liberty Memorial around 1:51 p.m. and good Samaritans tackling a suspect around 1:51 p.m. as well.Then, all those police, medical workers, and ambulances moved in, working quickly to save lives.Over the next hour, they moved people out of harm's way at Union Station.

Audio captured by sister station KMBC's cameras shows a rapid series of gunfire that began after Kansas City Super Bowl parade celebrations on the west side of Union Station around 1:48 p.m. CT on Wednesday.

The videos in this story may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Here's a breakdown of the timing:

It began just nine seconds after the radio voice of the Chiefs, Mitch Holthus, thanked Chiefs Kingdom following the conclusion of the team’s Super Bowl victory rally.

Police confirmed they are investigating the gunshots originating near Pershing and Kessler, just west of Union Station.

Two of KMBC's cameras captured the audio of the rapid gunshots.

And as KMBC anchor Lara Moritz and sports director Len Jennings waited to broadcast, gunshots could be heard in the background. Both had headsets on and did not hear the gunfire.

But, in the crowd, you could see people looking to the west after the shots happened.

Moritz and Jennings pivoted quickly from broadcasting about the rally to breaking the news to the public about the shootings.

A second KMBC camera angle was rolling, too, from the platform of the Liberty Memorial. From that view, you can see the crowd scattering in various directions as the gunshots are heard.

About thirty seconds after the first gunshots, a KMBC camera captured people running west into the Union Station parking garage.

The video also shows KCPD officers trying to move Chiefs players off stage.

Witness video shows people scattering up the hill of the Liberty Memorial around 1:51 p.m. and good Samaritans tackling a suspect around 1:51 p.m. as well.

Then, all those police, medical workers, and ambulances moved in, working quickly to save lives.

Over the next hour, they moved people out of harm's way at Union Station.

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