The heroic Kansas City Chiefs fan who allegedly helped arrest one of the suspected shooters in Wednesday's shooting at the Super Bowl parade says he threw him to the ground without thinking while his wife grabbed the gunman's gun.
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Trey Filter heard someone shout “Get him!” A few seconds later, I saw a flash of white fly at full speed through a panicked crowd of supporters running for cover.
“It has to be him,” Mr. Filter said to himself, speaking to the New York Post a few hours after the shooting that left one man dead and 22 injured.
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“I remember talking to him and thinking, 'I hope that's what they shouted at me,' because I just said, 'Boom.' “I really don’t remember seeing that,” he says.
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The man attacked by Mr. Filter was one of three people arrested by authorities after the shooting.
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In a viral video, Mr. Filter can be seen jumping on the fleeing man and throwing him to the ground to stop him from running into the crowd of confused and frightened onlookers.
The suspected shooter was able to quickly escape, but was immediately attacked by a second Chiefs fan.
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Mr. Filter then began punching the person in the ribs while his wife rushed to grab the fugitive's gun.
The father of two believes the weapon was an AK-47 assault rifle, but police would not confirm this.
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Police arrived in less than a minute and handcuffed the suspected shooter, said Mr. Filter, who stood to applause from the crowd.