Kansas City hero who tackled armed suspect after capturing speaks
- Joined by his daughter, 46-year-old Paul Contreras recalled the encounter, which Alyssa, 23, managed to seize as her father selflessly jumped into motion
- Visiting from Nebraska , Alyssa continued to movie because the shooter was arrested – after seemingly making an attempt to flee the scene on foot. Two others had been cuffed as effectively
- He recalled how a gun dropped from the suspect’s palms, after cops stated they confiscated at the very least one assault-style weapon. Their probe stays ongoing
A person who was filmed tackling one in all three gunmen at Kansas City’s Super Bowl parade has detailed his heroics in a tell-all interview.
Joined by his daughter, 46-year-old Paul Contreras recalled the adrenaline-fueled encounter, which 23-year-old Alyssa managed to seize on her telephone simply moments after her dad jumped into motion.
Visiting from Nebraska, Alyssa continued to movie because the shooter was arrested – after seemingly making an attempt to flee the hectic scene on foot.
Several paradegoers inside earshot seen this, and known as out to others to halt his progress. Contreras heard these calls, and didn’t suppose twice earlier than launching himself on the suspect, he stated.
Officers, in the meantime, have stated they’ve cuffed two others – however have but to contact Contreras, he stated. He recalled how a gun dropped from the suspect’s palms, after cops stated they confiscated at the very least one assault-style weapon from one of many scenes. Their probe stays ongoing, with all suspects now detained.
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Joined by his daughter, 46-year-old Paul Contreras recalled the encounter, which 23-year-old Alyssa managed to seize on her telephone as her dad jumped into motion.
Alyssa continued to movie the shooter being arrested – after he seemingly tried to flee on foot
‘One man was hollering, saying, you understand, “stop him – catch him, tackle him, or whatever,’ Contreras recalled, as footage from others showed the actual tackle in real-time.
‘And he’s just barely running,’ he went on. ‘And out of nowhere I hear that guy hollering, so I’m just like, “OK, I’m right here.”‘
The dutiful dad continued: ‘I didn’t think about it. It’s just a reaction. I didn’t hesitate – just do it.’
Eventually, after what he said seemed like an eternity, cops came to assist the Good Samaritan.
He went on to describe the entire ordeal in-depth, recalling how he and one other man took it upon themselves to protect the rest of the crowd moments after gunfire had broken out.
Contreras told his homestation KETV 7 Omaha: ‘So I went to go tackle him and another gentleman did the same thing.
‘And as I’m tackling him,’ he continued, I see there’s a weapon that either fell out his hand, or out of his sleeve – because he was wearing a long jacket, like a Carhartt.’
‘So when I see that hit the ground,’ he went on, ‘I think, you know, we gotta take this guy down.’
Eventually, after what he said seemed like an eternity, cops came to assist the Good Samaritan
General view of Union Station where the shooting occurred, just after the team took the stage around 3:30pm
‘And so, like I said, I did, and another Good Samaritan did, and we held him down,’ Contreras said, with his daughter appearing visibly distraught as he spoke.
He went on: ‘And it seemed like forever, but it was probably like, 30 seconds – holding him down.
‘And me and the other gentleman are hollering, going, “Where’s the cops?” You know: “Get the cops over right here, get the cops over right here. We received him.”‘
Within a minute, he stated, officers arrived – and had been filmed rapidly descending on the suspect by Alyssa and a few others.
The man, who has but to be recognized, seems to be at the very least one in all three believed to have carried out the assault, which occurred simply after the Patrick Mahomes-led crew took the stage round 3:30pm.
The sound of gunshots rang out round that point, Contreras and his daughter recalled – resulting in the unrest that culminated with him crossing paths with one of many suspected gunmen.
Others current had been capable of seize a number of angles of Contreras and his unknown confederate’s actions.
Others current had been capable of seize a number of angles of Contreras and his unknown confederate’s actions
They are seen hauling the alleged gunman to the bottom, earlier than proudly proclaiming ‘We received the gun.’ Cops are seen right here coming to the 2 males’s support
Paul went on to inform the ABC affiliate that he noticed a gun fall out of 1 the alleged shooter’s palms in the course of the battle
‘We’re preventing one another, you understand. We’re preventing to maintain him down and he is preventing to stand up’
“You can’t be scared, you know,’ he said, as KETV later reported the father and daughter were on their way back to Omaha. ‘Not saying you want it to happen, but there’s always that chance. It could happen at work, the grocery store. This just happened to be the Super Bowl Parade’
They are seen hauling the alleged gunman to the ground, before proclaiming ‘We got the gun.’
Paul went on to tell the ABC affiliate that he saw a gun fall out of one of the alleged shooter’s hand during the struggle.
‘The whole time he’s fighting to get up and run away,” he recalled.
‘We’re preventing one another, you understand. We’re preventing to maintain him down and he is preventing to stand up.’
Faced with the life-or-death connotations of the tussle, he stated he saved calm.
“You can’t be scared, you know,’ he said, as KETV later reported the father and daughter were on their way back to Omaha.
‘Not saying you want it to happen, but there’s always that chance. It could happen at work, the grocery store,’ he said. ‘This just happened to be the Super Bowl Parade.’
Cops investigation, meanwhile, is still occurring, and aside from the arrests, has yet to yield anything concrete.
Over 800 police officers, 600 of whom were from the Kansas City Police Department, were called, and more than 21 people were injured.
The Kansas City Star reported that 44-year-old DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan was the incident’s only fatality, after close friends confirmed the mom-of-two died during surgery at a hospital for a gunshot wound to her abdomen.
The suspects’ motives, as of Wednesday, remained unclear, with cops expected to issue an update in the coming hours. Of those injured, at least nine were children.
