KCK 10-year-old trampled, shot at Chiefs Super Bowl rally recovering
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Nearly all of the patients from Wednesday’s shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally are now out of the hospital Friday.
University Health says only three of the 12 patients it treated are still in the hospital. One is in critical condition.
The last patient at St. Luke’s is stabilized, they were in serious condition.
Children’s Mercy said it’s still treating one patient.
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One of the nine pediatric gunshot patients spoke to FOX4, a 10-year-old who is now out of the hospital after getting grazed by a bullet at the rally on Wednesday.
His family said that in the confusion they didn’t realize until they got home to Kansas City, Kansas.
Physically 10-year-old Samuel Arellano said he is going to be alright, while mentally he says the moment is still extremely fresh and difficult. A GoFundMe has been created to help with his medical expenses.
You can’t emphasize too strongly that this trauma happened to an elementary school aged boy who just wanted to see his favorite players.
“I love Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Isiah Pacheco, L’Jarius Sneed, and Rashee Rice,” Arellano said.
With classes dismissed from Junction Elementary School, Arellano said he came from KCK and posted up to the left of the stage with his grandpa, uncle, and cousin.
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“I just remember like hearing the gunshots. I thought it was like firecrackers,” Isaac Shalas, Arellano’s cousin, also 10-years-old, said.
“When we got down, we saw people like running everywhere. People crying,” Victor Salas, Arellano’s grandfather, said.
“And then I hid behind a trash can and I tried to cover the sun because you know how it was sunny? Yeah, I tried to cover the sun but when I covered it they shot me,” Arellano said.
“Samuel started saying, complaining ‘Oh I got shot. I got shot.’ But I don’t know, it happened so fast, everything,” Victor Salas said.
“I told him but they said that they stepped on me too. And yeah, they did step on me because of the footprint on my Chiefs jersey, there’s a footprint. A big foot,” Arellano said.
“Like, when we got home, they said to check him because he said he got hit. And when they checked him they saw like a grazed bullet right here,” Isaac Shalas said.
“It felt like I got stabbed,” Arellano said.
The family said they called an ambulance and Arellano was taken to Children’s Mercy Kansas City.
Arellano said the graze is healing but the moment is staying with him.
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“I’ve been having like nightmares. Like last night. I’ve been having nightmares, flashbacks about what happened. And I’ll close my eyes and then two minutes later I’ll like wake up and start crying,” Arellano said.
Salas, his grandfather, also said that he is feeling bad because he feels he had a responsibility to keep his grandson safe.
Arellano, however, disagrees. He said that he thinks his grandpa is a hero for pulling him under a trailer and keeping him calm during the panic.
