A bullet was fired into an office at the Chiefs’ practice facility while Andy Reid was inside in May 2024, the Kansas City Star reported on Wednesday and a source briefed on the situation confirmed to The Athletic.
The Kansas City Police Department confirmed that officers responded to the facility and that an investigation is ongoing. No charges or arrests have been made.
The Kansas City Star reported that the bullet lodged into a wall about 15 feet from Reid’s desk, and that two other bullets hit the building during the incident, which occurred after midnight on May 4.
Police said that overnight security told officers that someone in the building alerted them about a noise and observed what seemed like a bullet hole in the window.
“Because the building was occupied at the time of the bullet coming through the window, the case is being investigated as an aggravated assault,” the Kansas City Police Department said on Wednesday. “No one was struck, and there were no injuries associated with the incident.”
Police said that “there is no indication this was a targeted incident at any person or organization.”
The Chiefs declined to comment on the situation. Team president Mark Donovan is set to talk at the team’s kickoff luncheon on Thursday.
The Kansas City Star reported that since the incident, Reid is now protected by bulletproof glass while working.
Over a year after the incident, a shooting at a New York City office tower home to the NFL’s headquarters prompted the league to put out a memo recommending enhanced security at team and league facilities. The NFL suggested adding armed officers at facilities when players and staff are present, instituting weapons screening such as X-ray scanners at facilities and updating threat assessments.
The shooting at NFL headquarters took place on July 28. Four people were killed and one was wounded, along with the shooter, Shane Tamura, who took his own life. New York Mayor Eric Adams said that investigators thought Tamura took the wrong elevator while trying to reach the league offices.
The New York Times reported that Tamura left a note in his wallet criticizing the NFL for concealing the dangers of football and referencing CTE, a degenerative brain disease connected with repeated blows to the head that is diagnosed through autopsy. Tamura played high school football but did not play in college or professionally.
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