Kelce seen partying with Mahomes’ spouse after Super Bowl parade assault
- Travis Kelce was seen in a Kansas City sports activities bar on Wednesday
- The tight finish appeared in good spirits simply hours after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade descended into tragedy
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Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce may be seen beaming alongside a number of teammates and their WAGs – together with Patrick Mahomes’ spouse Brittany – simply hours after a mass taking pictures noticed the group’s Super Bowl parade descend into tragedy.
In new photos, obtained by DailyMail.com, star tight finish Kelce – whose relationship with Taylor Swift dominated the NFL this season – was seen in a Kansas City sports activities bar on Wednesday. He is a part of a small group that additionally consists of Brittany, Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend, heart Creed Humphrey, tight finish Matt Bushman – and his spouse Emily.
Sources instructed DailyMail.com that Mahomes booked the whole venue out for a choose few members of the squad and their households.
Many of Andy Reid’s group stayed away following the assault which left one particular person lifeless and dozens injured in Kansas City. But Kelce was amongst these to move out and this new picture is certain to pose extra questions for the tight finish, who has already come beneath hearth after posing for a smiling selfie with a police officer within the wake of the lethal taking pictures.
Mahomes, who wasn’t pictured however is alleged to have been on the bar, was fast to submit on social media after the assault. ‘Praying for Kansas City,’ he wrote, whereas a few his teammates – Justin Reid and Charles Omenihu – have known as for gun legislation reform following the taking pictures.
Travis Kelce is seen smiling along with his Chiefs teammates after a taking pictures through the parade
Kelce prompted outrage after smiling for a selfie hours after the Kansas City taking pictures
Kelce visited this Kansas City sports activities bar on Wednesday following the Chiefs’ parade
There is a figurine of Kelce in his No. 87 Chiefs jersey contained in the restaurant
‘The bar was closed for a personal occasion – not a celebration,’ one supply instructed DailyMail.com.
‘It was a small variety of the gamers, together with Travis and Patrick, with their wives and different relations.
‘They have been right here for a few hours, and so they helped to cheer up the employees and hold their minds off what occurred.
‘It had all been deliberate out prematurely, initially it was meant to be larger nevertheless it bought scaled down.’
Kelce has a signed jersey within the restaurant, in addition to Mahomes. The bar is adorned with Kansas City memorabilia, with two giant bobble heads of the tight finish framing the bar.
The tight finish appeared in good spirits as he clutched a beer on his manner into the Granfalloon Restaurant and Bar, simply hours after being rushed off stage along with his teammates as a number of gunmen opened hearth on their throes of followers.
At least 30 folks have been injured within the horror parade taking pictures, together with 9 youngsters aged between six and 15, with tributes pouring in for a beloved Kansas City radio DJ who was killed.
Kelce’s post-shooting selfies sparked backlash from some followers, with one saying: ‘Not a very good look IMO for him a number of hours after an individual was killed and others wounded.’
Others defended the Super Bowl star and felt he had a proper to get pleasure from a meal out along with his group, hours after he stated he was ‘heartbroken’ over the horror taking pictures.
‘My coronary heart is with all who got here out to rejoice with us and have been affected. KC, you imply the world to me,’ he stated on X.
Kelce sparked backlash along with his antics after the parade, throughout which he appeared too drunk to talk
Kelce joined his group for a meal out on the Granfalloon Restaurant and Bar in Kansas City
Kelce loved his night time out hours earlier than Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas gave an replace on the investigation, saying he’s contemplating blocking any Superbowl victory parades subsequent yr if the Chiefs win once more following Wednesday’s horror mass taking pictures.
The mayor, 39, stated three suspects stay beneath questioning over the tragedy (two of that are juveniles), however declined to determine the gunmen who shot 21 folks and killed one at Wednesday’s Superbowl parade.
Mayor Lucas didn’t rule out additional arrests, and cops stated that a minimum of ten folks have been spoken to in reference to the incident. Multiple firearms have been seized as nicely.
Lucas supplied scant new particulars on the tragedy early Thursday morning, and apologized for ‘failing to maintain everyone secure’ on the household occasion at a 6am press convention Thursday.
‘I’m sorry that this occurred yesterday,’ he stated.
‘We labored onerous to placed on an distinctive parade, we spent thousands and thousands on it, however we didn’t hold everyone secure and that is one thing I’ve nice guilt over.’
He added in an interview with CBS {that a} motive for the bloodbath stays a thriller, and condemned the convenience of entry to firearms in Missouri as ‘this isn’t the best way I wish to dwell.’
Lucas didn’t provide specifics on the kind of gun used, however stated it gave the impression to be ‘some kind of rapid-fire firearm.’
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas gave a 6am press convention Thursday to guarantee residents three suspects have been in custody – however declined to determine the gunmen
Terrified parade-goers flee for his or her lives after gunmen opened hearth shortly after the Superbowl winners stepped off stage
Several folks have been seen being wheeled away in a stretcher, with a minimum of 21 folks shot within the horror parade bloodbath
Lucas condemned the straightforward entry the gunmen needed to lethal weapons, citing how there have been over 800 cops stationed on the parade that have been powerless to stop a mindless mass taking pictures.
‘Clearly, there’s an entry to firearm concern for some in our group,’ he stated.
‘There’s an individual or individuals who deliberately or unintentionally hearth right into a crowd and hit virtually two dozen folks, our officers may be on it straight away but there’s nonetheless this stage of hurt.
‘We have to do one thing about the truth that a few of these persons are capable of get these weapons within the first place.
‘I do not know what we’ll do about it in the end, however we have to discover nationwide and native options to it.’
Lucas stated he was within the entrance row when the ‘horrifying’ taking pictures unfolded, which despatched hundreds of followers sprinting for his or her lives as chaos took over the Superbowl celebration.
He recalled the second the enjoyable household occasion descended into mayhem, seconds after the Kansas City Chiefs gamers have been ‘dancing on stage.’
‘That’s when (police) rushed the stage,’ he continued. ‘There was commotion, and all of us sprinted for our lives.’
People flee after pictures have been fired close to the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVIII victory parade
Up to at least one million folks have been anticipated to collect in Kansas City for the parade, which sparked chaotic scenes as big crowds fled for his or her lives as pictures rang out
The horror taking pictures led to eerily quiet scenes outdoors the parade as the huge crowds scrambled for security
An injured fan receives help and is carried away from the scene of the taking pictures
A girl with a big lower on her face was seen being stretchered away from the scene
Terrified witnesses stated the chaotic scenes separated households as youngsters have been left screaming for assist, with the mayor noting he misplaced his household within the frenzy.
‘All of a sudden somebody got here and whisked me away… I ended up separated from my spouse and was put in a police automobile,’ he stated, including his household have been ‘secure however shaken.’
‘It was horrifying.’ he stated.
‘I do not say that to enlarge my expertise. there have been lots of people who had it loads worse than me – somebody misplaced their life.’
Last yr, Kansas City recorded a report variety of homicides at 185, an element that the mayor stated annoyed him following the taking pictures as he makes an attempt to crackdown on the crimewave.
Lucas cited a 30 p.c beginning pay rise for cops that he proposed to try to entice extra residents to affix the police – saying the drive wanted extra officers like those that ran in the direction of hazard when the taking pictures started.
Lucas’ issues over the straightforward entry to weapons was echoed by President Biden, who used the second to name for stronger gun management measures.
‘Today’s occasions ought to transfer us, shock us, disgrace us into performing,’ Biden stated in a assertion.
‘Make your voice heard in Congress so we lastly act to ban assault weapons, to restrict high-capacity magazines, strengthen background checks, hold weapons out of the fingers of those that don’t have any enterprise proudly owning them or dealing with them.’
An individual is loaded onto an ambulance following the taking pictures, the place a minimum of 21 folks have been wounded and one was killed
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, pictured right here together with her husband, died throughout surgical procedure at a hospital for a gunshot wound to her stomach
It comes as tributes have poured in for the one one who misplaced their life within the taking pictures, beloved Kansas City radio DJ and mom of two Lisa Lopez-Galvan.
She handed away throughout emergency surgical procedure in hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound to the stomach.
Local Democrat Manny Abarca who was a buddy of Lopez-Galvan’s spoke about her affect in an interview with TalkTV’s Jeremy Kyle and Rosie Wright on Talk Today.
‘It’s a tragic state of affairs. I used to be there with my six yr outdated daughter, Camilla and we went from catching confetti to hiding in a rest room, not realizing what our destiny could also be. Unfortunately, that is the state of enormous occasions like this in America.
‘We need to look out for these with weapons which are readily accessible, and accessible notably in states like Missouri.’