A soccer fan dubbed the Good Samaritan by observers is being credited with saving lives after he tackled a suspected shooter Wednesday earlier than police arrived on the finish of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs' Tremendous Bowl parade that turned lethal.
The viral video seems to point out the alleged shooter sprinting by the gang when the person out of the blue tackles him to the bottom. The gunman will get up briefly earlier than the opposite man knocks him again to the bottom. That's when the primary man lunges on the suspected shooter once more. The 2 heroic males lay on high of the alleged shooter till police arrived seconds later.
Trey Filter was the person to sort out the person first. His spouse Casey then secured the gun.
AND #At the customs a fan risked his life to sort out one of many shooters and forestall anybody else from being damage. Completely heroic.
pic.twitter.com/TPG3tIGGxn— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) February 14, 2024
One particular person was killed and no less than 21 had been injured, police stated. No less than 9 of the injured had been kids. Three individuals had been arrested.
“One man was yelling, you realize, 'Cease him, seize him,' you realize, 'flip him over.' And he was simply operating,” Filter advised KETV in Omaha. “And out of nowhere I heard this man yell, so I'm identical to, 'Okay, okay, I'm right here.' and I by no means give it some thought — it was only a response. I didn't hesitate – it simply needed to be carried out. So I went to cope with him and one other gentleman did the identical. And as I lunge at him, I see the gun fall out of his hand or sleeve. … So once I [saw] that hit the bottom, I'm like, Oh, you realize, we've bought to take this man down.”
Filter added: “Me and one other good Samaritan did it and held him down. And it appeared like without end, however… it was about 30 seconds holding him down. And me and the opposite gentleman yelling on the guests, you realize, 'The place are the cops?'
The police arrived about half a minute later.
Filter, a Chiefs fan, introduced his spouse and children to the parade.
“I don't know if I knocked him out once I tackled him or what, however I had him squeezed so onerous he may have been unconscious the entire time for all I do know. I simply began scratching his ribs,” Filter advised The New York Submit.
Filter, who lives close to Wichita, took his kids out of college to attend the parade.
“I actually needed to get some good factors from my children,” he stated. “I used to be sorry to take them out of college, however it's a singular scenario, we're in Kansas. “Let's get to it. We went final 12 months. Simply needed some dad factors. I'm actually glad we're not on the opposite ship these persons are on.'
Filter, who owns an asphalt firm, has been hailed as a hero on social media.
“A #Chiefs fan risked his life to sort out one of many shooters and forestall anybody else from being damage. Completely heroic,” one particular person wrote.
Right here is without doubt one of the people who confronted the shooter on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs parade.
Absolute. Hero.
pic.twitter.com/uuWzSfo594— Jonathan Martin (@JonathanKMartin) February 15, 2024
“The Chiefs want to provide these guys who tackled one of many Tremendous Bowl shooters rings and tickets for all times, man,” one other particular person he wrote. “These guys symbolize the very best of Kansas Metropolis and Chiefs Kingdom.
The person killed on the parade was recognized as Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mom of two who labored as a DJ within the space and who mates described to The Related Press as a religious Catholic and devoted mom.
About 800 law enforcement officials had been current on the parade, Kansas Metropolis Police Chief Stacey Graves stated.
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Michael Foust has coated the intersection of religion and information for 20 years. His tales have appeared within the Baptist Press, Christianity Right this moment, Christian PoHoly, and Leaf chronicle, and Toronto Star and and Knoxville Information-Sentinel.
