The massive celebration for the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory ended in an unthinkable tragedy on Wednesday after a shooting resulted in at least one death and multiple injuries.
While details on the shooting were still trickling through, multiple Chiefs players extended their thoughts for the victims online.
"Praying for Kansas City..." Patrick Mahomes tweeted.
Praying for Kansas Cityā¦ šš½šš½šš½
ā Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) February 14, 2024
Kansas City Chiefs players react to shooting at Super Bowl parade
Other Chiefs players including Drue Tranquill, Justin Reid and Trey Smith also sent out tweets with well-wishes, prayers and thanks to first responders. Former Chief Mitchell Schwartz summed things up with two words: "Sad day."
I am heartbroken over the tragedy that took place today. My heart is with all who came out to celebrate with us and have been affected. KC, you mean the world to me.
ā Travis Kelce (@tkelce) February 15, 2024
Please join me in prayer for all the victims in this heinous act.
ā Drue Tranquill (@DTranquill) February 14, 2024
Pray that doctors & first responders would have steady hands & that all would experience full healing.
Praying for everyone in Kansas City at the parade
ā Justin Reid (@JustinqReid) February 14, 2024
My thoughts and prayersšš¾ are with everyone affected by today's incidentsāa huge thank you to the first responders who ran towards the sound of danger. You're the ones who should be celebrated today.
ā Trey Smith (@treysmith) February 14, 2024
Sad day
ā Mitchell Schwartz (@MitchSchwartz71) February 14, 2024
Any chance anyone can help me get in touch with these kids or families? First off I want to make sure theyāre doing ok. But would love to help them out any way I can and get them some stuff from the team to help with the recovery. https://t.co/xlTJXLi7xT
ā Marquez V-S (@MVS__11) February 14, 2024
Such a shameš¤¦š½āāļø Praying for those in Kansas Cityšš½šš½ #wehavetobebetter
ā Bryan Cook (@AyoCook_6) February 14, 2024
Praying for everyone involved. https://t.co/C0fxgsfm4n
ā Creed Humphrey (@creed_humphrey) February 14, 2024
Damn KC Praying for the families šš¾
ā Jody 2x (@notyourjody) February 14, 2024
Praying for all the victims and families that just wanted to come show support for the kingdomš«¶š½
ā Watās Islandš (@JaylenWatson12) February 14, 2024
Prayers Kansas City ā¤ļø
ā Mecole Hardman Jr. (@MecoleHardman4) February 14, 2024
This š¤¬ is SAD man! Kids are being shot and somebody didnāt come home tonight. We cannot allow this to be normal. We cannot ourselves to become numb and chalk it up to ājust another shooting in Americaā and reduce people in statistics and then move on tmrw.
ā Justin Reid (@JustinqReid) February 15, 2024
This is a SERIOUSā¦
These are the kinds of tweets that no players ever expect to have to send, least of all when they're in full-blown celebration mode after a Super Bowl victory.
UPDATE: Kansas City police confirmed one person is dead, three were in critical condition and five were in serious condition as of Wednesday afternoon. In total, eight victims have life-threatening injuries. The total number of people shot has risen to 22, including nine children who are being treated for gunshot wounds but all are expected to make a recovery.
Three suspects were taken into custody by Kansas City police.
All the Chiefs players and coaches were reported safe, along with other team-adjacent groups like cheerleaders, trainers and managers.
It's a shame that such a joyous day in Kansas City had such a dark cloud come over it in the end.
The Chiefs won their third Super Bowl in five years on Sunday with a victory over the San Francisco 49ers. It solidified the dynasty in Kansas City under Andy Reid and Mahomes. Mahomes picked up Super Bowl MVP honors with 333 yards and two touchdowns through the air. He tossed the game-winner to Mecole Hardman on the final play of overtime.