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 Kansas City police spokesman Darin Snapp told The Associated Press
that the incident was being treated as a homicide but that no
arrests had been made. Snapp said the man who died was found inside
someone else's vehicle and a struggle ensued.
When paramedics arrived, the man, who was in his 20s, was found
lying unconscious on the pavement, Snapp said. Paramedics began
administering first aid before he was transported to a hospital,
where he died. His name was not immediately released.
"Talking to several witnesses that were out here in the parking
lots, there was an individual who came back to his vehicle, saw
someone inside the vehicle that did not belong. A struggle ensued
between the two. That's when the individual (who had been inside the
vehicle) collapsed," Snapp said.
Snapp said the man who had returned to the vehicle had his son with
him, and the boy —whose age was not immediately known — ran for help
when the struggle began.
Snapp said there were no obvious indications of how the death
occurred.
"We don't know if the person had a health condition, had a heart
attack. We don't know," Snapp said. "We're going to investigate this
as a homicide until we hear differently. Right now it's a suspicious
death but we are going to investigate it as a homicide."
Chiefs spokesman Ted Crews said the team is aware of the incident
but cannot comment further because of the police investigation.
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Flashing lights from ambulances and police cars were visible across
the Arrowhead Stadium parking lot as cars tried to leave after the
game.
The death came one year to the day after Chiefs linebacker Jovan
Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, on Dec. 1,
2012, at a home not far from the stadium. Belcher then drove to the
team's practice facility and fatally shot himself in front of
then-coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli.
In September 2012, a gunman attacked a Kansas City Royals employee
in the same parking lot, which services Kauffman Stadium as well.
The gunman shot the employee once in the abdomen and then returned
to his vehicle and committed suicide.
Snapp said police were speaking to several witnesses after Sunday's
fatal incident, and that three people had been taken to the Kansas
City Police Department's headquarters for questioning.
"Right now they're persons of interest," Snapp said. "Like I said,
until we find out exactly how this person passed away, we're going
to investigate it as a homicide. They're not suspects right now
until we find out exactly what happened."
[Associated
Press; DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer]
Associated Press writer
Geoffrey Calvert contributed to this report.
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