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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I suspect the older guy was just a dude that had a gun on him and someone pointed it out. That whole scene looks awfully subdued in the photos we've seen with him.
Afterall, I guarantee you there were more than 2 folks down there who were armed.
He might have been a drunk who got told to leave the scene and ended up in an argument/altercation with officers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Cheater5:
That’s not an officer’s weapon; that’s a 60 round magazine which isn’t issue. And a cop would never, ever set his firearm / rifle down. If he had to, he would sling it over his back or hand it to another officer.
There’s a buffer tube (red) poking out of the other bag, which leads me to believe that’s a pistol length AR.
Someone showed up with evil intentions.
I don't disagree, but why wouldn't they take the magazine out? Why would they just set it on the ground and lean against the wall?
Originally Posted by Eleanor:
Large, free events in public places downtown are going to attract a lot of problems today. This isn't especially new and it's not unique to KC.
Maybe this event is just too large to manage safely.
Originally Posted by TLO:
The thought of something like this happening crossed my mind when I saw Mahomes/other players walking down the street on the parade route.
I don't care how much security you have, it's a volatile situation.
Yeah, this’ll be the last time for something like this.
Really shitty that bad people can ruin something for everyone else. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kstater:
I don't disagree, but why wouldn't they take the magazine out? Why would they just set it on the ground and lean against the wall?
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Very little of that picture makes sense. I'm guessing the pic was taken while they were still getting the track star out of the dog pile. He was probably trying to run off with both his and his buddies weapon that police had already tackled on the other side of the sidewalk area. [Reply]
Guessing part of the confusion about numbers is that some people were injured for reasons other than the shooting itself (i.e., during the panic).
We are at at University Health where a hospital official tells me they have 4 gunshot victims and 8 other people not shot during today’s parade @fox4kcpic.twitter.com/tUukp0sZAW
