{"id":46454,"date":"2025-08-22T04:52:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=46454"},"modified":"2025-08-22T04:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:52:35","slug":"a-bullet-struck-the-office-of-kansas-city-chiefs-head-coach-andy-reid-15-months-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=46454","title":{"rendered":"A bullet struck the office of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid 15 months ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-a-bullet-was-fired-into-andy-reids-office-in-may-2024\">bullet struck\u2002<\/a>the office of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/news\/crime\/report-gunfire-entered-chiefs-coach-andy-reids-office-in-may-2024\">Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid<\/a>&nbsp;in a late-night incident the team kept under wraps for more than 15 months, officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Police were called to the team&#8217;s training facility a short distance away from GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri at 1:27 a.m. May 4, 2024, police records show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;When officers arrived, they were told by overnight security that someone in the building alerted them to hearing a noise and observed what appeared to be a bullet hole in a window,&#8221; Police Sgt. Phil DiMartino said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The building &#8220;was occupied at the time of the bullet coming through the window,&#8221; but no one was &#8220;struck, and there were no injuries associated with the incident,&#8221; DiMartino said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There have been no arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;There is no indication this was a targeted incident at any person or organization,&#8221; DiMartino said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The incident&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1421470\/kansas-city-chiefs-coach-andy-reid-nearly-shot\">had not been disclosed\u2002<\/a>publicly until The Kansas City Star&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/article311767668.html\">reported it Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Chiefs president Mark Donovan said the franchise is committed to safety for employees and fans. He said he believed the prudent measure was to keep quiet about the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;We sat with the experts on both the investigation side, as well the communication side, as well as the safety side, and we decided this was the right path to take,&#8221; Donovan told reporters at an annual business luncheon celebrating the season&#8217;s start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Reid, 67, is one of the most successful coaches in NFL history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At 273-146-1,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/coaches\/\">he is the winningest active<\/a>&nbsp;head coach in the NFL and No. 4 in all-time regular season wins, trailing only Don Shula, George Halas and Bill Belichick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The shooting incident happened during the NFL offseason, with the Chiefs nearly three months removed from their<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/expert-offers-advice-tirzepatide-weight-loss-treatment-rcna137953\">\u200225-22 Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>&nbsp;and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/sports\/live-blog\/chiefs-ravens-game-nfl-live-updates-rcna169659\">\u2002four months before<\/a>&nbsp;the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Chiefs<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/shooting-kansas-city-chiefs-super-bowl-celebration-union-station-rcna138883\">\u2002Super Bowl victory parade on Feb. 14<\/a>&nbsp;last year was marred by gunfire a short distance away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DJ&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/woman-shot-kansas-city-chiefs-super-bowl-celebration-identified-rcna138945\">Lisa Lopez-Galvan<\/a>, who co-hosted a weekly radio show on local station KKFI 90.1 called \u201cA Taste of Tejano,\u201d was killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/bullet-struck-office-kansas-city-chiefs-head-coach-andy-reid-15-months-rcna226264\">Nbcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;bullet struck\u2002the office of&nbsp;Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid&nbsp;in a late-night incident the team kept under wraps for more than 15 months, officials said Thursday. 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