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The Kansas City Chiefs have explained why they kept quiet after a bullet entered Andy Reid’s office in a shooting incident at the team’s facility last year.
On Wednesday, a shocking report from the Kansas City Star revealed that a bullet was fired into the team’s practice facility late one evening in May 2024 while the head coach was still inside his office.
Police are still investigating the incident and, according to The Athletic, have said that “there is no indication this was a targeted incident at any person or organization.”
The Chiefs, who made a notable wide receiver trade this week, held their annual luncheon on Thursday, where president Mark Donovan explained that they made a conscious decision to keep the incident under wraps while conducting investigations alongside the Kansas City Police Department.
“Then we went back and said, ‘OK, here’s where we are. Here’s the situation. Here’s what we’ve determined happened. What’s the next step, both from a PR standpoint (and) from a communication standpoint?’” Donovan said. “And we made our decisions and moved on.”
According to the report, two bullets hit the building while another hit a wall around 15 feet from Reid’s desk sometime after midnight.
Police noted that overnight security personnel told them that someone in the building had told them about a noise and had observed what appeared to be a bullet hole in the window.
KCPD confirmed that the officers responded and that an investigation is still underway, with no arrests made to date.
Donovan said that the team opted not to make it public, having taken advice from investigation, communication, and safety experts.
“We decided this was the right path to take,” he said.
Per the Star, Reid’s office is now protected by bulletproof glass. Donovan would not confirm this, although he indicated that the team now works more closely with security personnel.
This comes at a time when the NFL is looking to upgrade security measures across all 32 teams following the shooting near its New York headquarters last month.
“Our focus and priority is keeping our staff, our fans and everybody involved with our organization safe,” Donovan added.
