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Patrick Mahomes & wife Brittany visit with young victims of Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade shooting

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If there is one positive to come out of the horrific events that unfolded during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade , it’s the manner in which the team and wider community have come together to help victim s heal. Indeed, it’s an effort that’s still ongoing. Patrick & Brittany Mahomes are doing their part According to reports, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, visited Children’s Mercy Hospital this week. The Mahomes of course were doing what they could, following the team’s Super Bowl victory parade which was brought to a shocking halt when a mass shooting occurred near the garage of the historic Union Station parking garage on Wednesday last week. While some degree of closure has begun with the arrest of suspects this week - they were juvenile - the community is still very much in the process of healing. #KCSTRONG Below are photos of Patrick & Brittany Mahomes - after visiting with two of the shooting victim s. An 8&...

Alleged Maine gunman tried to buy a silencer months before Lewiston shootings

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The alleged Maine gunman, Robert Card, tried to buy a silencer for a rifle at a local firearms store three months prior to the mass shooting, the owner said Saturday. Nearly three months before Robert Card would tear through a bar and a bowling alley in rural Maine last week -- killing 18 and injuring 13 -- he tried to buy a silencer for a rifle at a local firearms store, the owner said Saturday. “He came in and filled out the form, he checked off a box that incriminated himself saying that he was in an institution,” Rick LaChapelle, owner of Coastal Defense Firearms, said. “Our staff was fantastic, let him finish filling out the form, and said, ‘I'm sorry, Mr. Card, we cannot give you this… at this point in time, we cannot release this silencer to you because of the answers that you've given us.” LaChapelle added "we did what we were supposed to do and hopefully saved a lot of lives by the proper, just following the proper procedures.” Had Card succeeded in buying the si...

Heroes of Maine mass shooting: Retired cop helped shield people in bowling alley

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Riley Dumont said her father, a retired police officer, helped hide parents and children during a shooting at a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night. Stories of heroism are emerging after the deadliest mass shooting of this year took place in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night. At least 18 people have been killed and 13 more have been injured after a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and a local bar and restaurant, Maine Gov. Janet Mills said during a press conference Thursday. However, there may have been many more people dead and wounded had it not been for the brave individuals who helped save lives. MORE: Witnesses recount scramble to survive when gunman opened fire in Lewiston, Maine, bowling alley Riley Dumont said her 11-year-old daughter was participating in a youth event at the alley when gunfire erupted. Dumont said her father, a retired police officer, immediately understood the gravity of the situation and helped protect people in the bowling alley...

Suspect in Bangkok mall shooting that killed 2 used a modified mock gun, police say

Police say a teenage boy who allegedly shot two people dead and wounded five others inside a major shopping mall in Thailand's capital used a blank-firing handgun that had been modified to fire real bullets BANGKOK -- The teenage boy who allegedly shot two people dead and wounded five others inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand's capital used a blank-firing handgun that had been modified to fire real bullets, police said Wednesday. The suspect was arrested less than an hour after the first gunshots Tuesday afternoon at the Siam Paragon mall, one of Bangkok’s biggest and most upscale shopping destinations. Video on social media showed a long-haired teenage boy in the custody of police. Thai media reported the 14-year-old was a student at a Bangkok private school. Police Chief Torsak Sukvimol said he had a record of being treated for mental illness and gave an incoherent account of his actions after his arrest, claiming that voices told him what to do. Police o...

Pregnant woman killed, 4 others injured in shooting at Houston park

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A pregnant woman was shot and killed after a fight broke out at a Houston park early Saturday, her family told ABC Houston station KTRK. A pregnant woman was shot and killed after a fight broke out at a Texas park early Saturday, her family told ABC Houston station KTRK. Four other people were struck by gunfire, including two suspected shooters, after dozens of shots were reportedly fired, police said. Police respond to a deadly shooting at Margaret Jenkins Park in Houston, July 22, 2023. KTRK The shooting occurred at Margaret Jenkins Park in southeast Houston around 1:14 a.m., police said. The Houston Police Department received multiple reports of shots fired at the location through its ShotSpotter technology, Assistant Chief E. Garcia said. "A total of 36 shots came in from that Technology ," Garcia said at a press briefing. Police respond to a deadly shooting at Margaret Jenkins Park in Houston, July 22, 2023. KTRK MORE: Gunman who killed officer, wounded 3 others allege...

Baltimore block party shooting victims include more than a dozen minors, police say

Police in Baltimore say two people were killed and 28 wounded in a mass shooting, including three people who are in critical condition BALTIMORE -- Gunfire erupted at a block party in Baltimore on Sunday — killing two people, wounding 28 and leaving an extensive crime scene that marred the U.S. holiday weekend, police said. Three of the wounded were in critical condition and more than a dozen were under 18. The shooting took place just after 12:30 a.m. when at least two people opened fire at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes area in the southern part of the city, said Richard Worley, Baltimore's acting police commissioner. No arrests had been made by late afternoon. Worley said it wasn't clear if the shooting was targeted or random. The shooting comes amid gatherings around the country leading up to the July Fourth holiday. Elsewhere, a shooting in Kansas left seven people with gunshot wounds and two more victims hospitalized after being trampled as people rushed out of a ni...

A year after Uvalde school shooting, a community's quest to remember and rebuild

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“20/20” documented families of victims and survivors present at Robb Elementary during the May 2022 incident. Kimberly Rubio started running three years ago, a daily routine inspired by her fitness-enthusiast mother. Now, she runs to process the pain, she says, that lingers nearly a year after a tragedy that killed one of her own daughters unfolded in her hometown of Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. "It's the only time I really let myself think about what happened that day," Kimberly Rubio told "20/20." "If there was somewhere I could go to escape this pain, I'd have already booked my flight." Kimberly Rubio is seen during a run across Uvalde, Texas, and pauses near a mural painted in tribute of her daughter Lexi on Oct. 31, 2022. ABC News Families across Uvalde shared their intimate and unimaginable journeys throughout the past year, for a special "20/20" report, documenting the long-term impacts a community faces after a mass shooting. ...