KANSAS CITY, Mo. — More information is coming out about what led up to the tragic shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' victory parade on Wednesday.
Investigators are now saying it all started with a dispute between several people and ended in a gun fight. The shooting left one woman dead and over a dozen injured.
A former Beaumont man and his mother were at the parade when the chaos unfolded.
Two weeks ago Hunter Zuel and his mother, who now live in Oklahoma, had a feeling the Chiefs would win the Super Bowl, so they planned the trip. What they didn't expect was for such a happy celebration to turn into a crime scene.
"I was just thankful we were safe, it was Valentine's Day and I love my mom," said Zuel.
Kansas City police say more than a million people were celebrating downtown when gunshots went off.
"Again you have just a handful or, don't have a specific number of actors in this, that that perpetrated the violence that played out," said Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves.
Zuel and his mother were watching the parade route from a pub about two miles away. Law enforcement locked down their location.
"We got an announcement from P&L which was two miles away that we are on lockdown no one could come in, but we decided to leave to try and catch our bus," Zuel said.
When they took the risk to go find their car, they saw hundreds of first responders tending to frightened fans.
"There was a heavy police presence there. I think the report said up to 600 to 800 police. It was frightening not just for me but everyone around me," Zuel told 12News.
At least 21 people, including children, were injured and one woman was killed. Zuel and his mother say they feel lucky to have made it home safe.
"I have never thought I would be so close to a mass shooting before. It was definitely frightening," said Zuel.
Kansas City police are still collecting eye witness accounts on what happened at the parade.
Zuel and his family send their prayers to the families of the person killed and those who were injured.