A New England mother and daughter who attended the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade recounted what they saw the moments after a shooting at the end of the parade left at least ten people injured, and one person dead.”We’re from Kansas City, but we flew in Tuesday from New Hampshire just for the parade,” Dana Brady, who was there with her daughter Madison, said. “We were headed back to the direction where the Uber had dropped us off, when all of a sudden people started crushing forward. Everybody started running. There was screaming. We didn’t know what was happening.””This day and age, when people run, you run,” Brady said. Brady said she put her arms around her daughter. “We tried to push through so people wouldn’t run on top of us.””There was a woman crying, saying something about somebody had been shot,” Brady said. “It’s hard to know if it is a singular incident or is there an active shooter?”Brady said the crowd of people got pushed to Union Station, where she said things were gated off for the Chiefs celebration. “Everybody started jumping the rails and pushing everybody over,” Brady said. “We got inside and we thought that, ‘Okay, it’s calm now, we’re inside, we’ll be safe.'”Police said in a news release that two people were detained. Fans were urged to exit the area as quickly as possible.Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said he was with coach Andy Reid and other coaches and staff members, and the team was on buses and returning to Arrowhead Stadium.Areas that had been filled with crowds were empty after the shooting, with police and firefighters standing and talking behind an area restricted by yellow tape.Players rolled through the crowd on double-decker buses, DJs and drummers heralding their arrival.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

A New England mother and daughter who attended the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade recounted what they saw the moments after a shooting at the end of the parade left at least ten people injured, and one person dead.

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“We’re from Kansas City, but we flew in Tuesday from New Hampshire just for the parade,” Dana Brady, who was there with her daughter Madison, said. “We were headed back to the direction where the Uber had dropped us off, when all of a sudden people started crushing forward. Everybody started running. There was screaming. We didn’t know what was happening.”

“This day and age, when people run, you run,” Brady said.

Brady said she put her arms around her daughter. “We tried to push through so people wouldn’t run on top of us.”

“There was a woman crying, saying something about somebody had been shot,” Brady said. “It’s hard to know if it is a singular incident or is there an active shooter?”

Brady said the crowd of people got pushed to Union Station, where she said things were gated off for the Chiefs celebration.

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“Everybody started jumping the rails and pushing everybody over,” Brady said. “We got inside and we thought that, ‘Okay, it’s calm now, we’re inside, we’ll be safe.'”

Police said in a news release that two people were detained. Fans were urged to exit the area as quickly as possible.

Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said he was with coach Andy Reid and other coaches and staff members, and the team was on buses and returning to Arrowhead Stadium.

Areas that had been filled with crowds were empty after the shooting, with police and firefighters standing and talking behind an area restricted by yellow tape.

Players rolled through the crowd on double-decker buses, DJs and drummers heralding their arrival.

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