Kansas City parade shooting live: One dead and 21 people ...

The White House confirmed Wednesday that Joe Biden has been briefed on the mass shooting in Kansas City, Missouri that left one person dead and 14 others injured.

“The President has been briefed on the shooting in Kansas City and will continue to receive updates. White House officials have been in touch with state and local leaders, and federal law enforcement is on the scene supporting local law enforcement,” the White House said in a statement.

Kansas City Mayor describes how he was forced to run for safety during shooting

Kansas City Chiefs fans gathered to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl victory on Sunday.

Those celebrations were interrupted by gunfire on Wednesday afternoon.

Police confirmed that 22 people sustained gunshot injuries during the shooting. Three armed suspects were taken into custody by Kansas City police.

A woman who was at Union Station as the shooting unfolded at the Kansas City Chief’s victory parade says she stood by her father’s side as tackled an alleged third attacker to the ground before police arrived on the scene.

“I turned back around and noticed my dad along with another good Samaritan running, jumping and tackling the second offender,” Alyssa Marsh Contreras said.

“As they tackled him, the weapon fell out. A cop was able to secure that. After that, I just remember yelling, ‘Cops! We need cops over here. Somebody come over here!’”

Kansas City Chief of Police Stacey Graves said she was aware that fans had assisted law enforcement in detaining the suspect, and was still trying to confirm whether one of the three suspects in custody was indeed tackled by members of the public.

Ms Contreras continued: “It all happened so fast. I think the most alarming thing was when we saw cops chasing people and then seeing the young teen or kid just completely coming at us.

“And then I noticed just everybody in the crowd just kind of scatters and runs. So from that moment on, I knew ‘Okay, something wasn’t right’. And so see my little sister along with my older sister just completely run.

“I didn’t want to leave my dad’s side because who knew what could have happened or if they needed help. So I was just there to make sure you know, his hat his phone, his wallet didn’t go missing in the process of him getting this offender down.”

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A man who tackled an alleged third gunman at the scene of the shooting at the Kansas Chief’s victory parade says the man was “fighting the whole time” as he was detained.

Paul Contreras, along with another good samaritan, helped subdue the alleged assailant before police arrived on the scene. He told CNN that the alleged suspect had been wearing a “big bulky jacket” and that the weapon had fallen out as he was taken to the ground.

“I was holding him down – I didn’t know if he tried to bite me... so I took my hand and put it outside to hold him down with a jacket in between us,” he said.

“We were fighting each other. He wants to get up while I’m holding him down. Then another guy helps me and then you know, it just seemed like a long time but it’s probably like 15 or 30 seconds.

“He was fighting the whole time, you know, fighting the whole time. And we were fighting him to keep them down. We didn’t want to let him up and take off running because he had one gun. Maybe he had another one in that big bulky jacket.”

“It was just a reaction,” Mr Contreras added.

Kansas City Chief of Police Stacey Graves said she was aware that fans had assisted law enforcement in detaining the suspect, and was still trying to confirm whether one of the three suspects in custody was indeed tackled by members of the public.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said he had spoken to the White House and the Kansas City Chiefs following the incident on Wednesday, with plans to talk to the NFL.

“At this point, we’ve talked to our federal partners. We have also talked to the Kansas City Chiefs we will be talking to the National Football League and others, more so just to hear that all are safe who are with those institutions, and we continue to hope that all of those were impacted are safe,” he said.

He added: “Today was tragic for everyone who was part of it. I had the chance to talk to my wife just a moment ago who said we became part of a statistic of too many Americans – those who have experienced or been part of or connected to a mass shooting.

“That is something that I hope we all recognise is highly problematic for all of us.”

On Wednesday a celebratory parade for the Kansas City Chiefs was plunged into chaos after gunshots were fired in the area near Union Station, in Kansas City.

22 people have now been confirmed to have suffered gunshot wounds, and one person has died.

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