Paul Contreras, the man who tackled one of the alleged gunmen at yesterday’s Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting, described the hectic scene in an interview on CNN last night. Recalling the situation on Erin Burnett OutFront, Contreras said: “I just heard somebody yelling to stop this guy, tackle him, and he was coming in the opposite direction, so I just– you don’t think about it. It’s just a reaction. He got close to me, I got the right angle on him, and I hit him from behind, and when I hit him from behind, I either jarred the gun out of his hand or out of his sleeve ‘cause as I’m taking him down to the ground, I see the gun on the ground.” He continued: “So, I take him down and I’m putting all my body weight on him and then another good samaritan comes over and is helping me because I kind of got him high and the other guy gets him around his waist, and we’re just putting our weight on him and he’s just fighting to get up, but we’re fighting to keep him down.” Contreras said another good samaritan then joined the effort and helped pin down the suspect before police arrived to take over the situation.
