10-year-old shot at Chiefs parade says surviving shooting was a 'miracle'
10-year-old Samuel Arellano, who was shot at the Kansas City Chiefs victory rally, said a bullet missed his lungs by centimeters and it's a “miracle” he’s alive.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 10-year-old boy who was shot at the Kansas City Chiefs victory rally this week said a bullet missed his lungs by centimeters and it's a “miracle” he’s alive.
Samuel Arellano was celebrating the team's Super Bowl win at the parade Wednesday with his grandfather, uncle and cousin when the fun spiraled into chaos. A fight broke out just after the rally ended, and a crowd began rushing toward the fifth grader, he said Friday.
Samuel Arellano with his mother, Aby Arellano.Maggie Vespa / NBC NewsWhat happened next is a bit of blur, Samuel said. He remembers he moved toward a trash can — something he learned at active-shooting training at school — and two or three shots rang out as he was pushed to the ground and trampled.
The next thing he could recall was a sharp pain on his right side: “Like something burned. Like a knife burn with the lighter, like someone stabbed me,” he said.
But the pain was not overwhelming and he had no visible blood on the red Patrick Mahomes jersey he was wearing, Samuel said.
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