Chiefs OL Trey Smith shared WWE title belt to comfort young boy after parade shooting

Chiefs tackle said he told little boy ‘we got your back’

Smith said Winchester also was a calming influence for so many scared Chiefs fans.

The Chiefs players walked back to the team buses after police gave them the all clear. However, the police were using the buses to transport as many people possible from the scene. Smith met the little boy and his father on the bus.

“He was a little hysterical,” Smith said of the youngster. “He just panicked. (And) he was scared, he doesn’t know what’s going on. I had the WWE belt the entire parade. and I was thinking, ‘what can I do to help him out?’ I just handed him the belt and said, ‘Hey buddy, you’re the champion. No one is gonna hurt you. No one’s gonna hurt you, man. We got your back.'”

Smith continued to talk to the little boy, even gifting him the belt. “‘He was looking out the window. He was seeing people reacting, trying to get out of the situation. I’m like, ‘Here you go, buddy, this is yours. … You’re here with us. You’re going to be A-OK (and) you’re going to be all right.'”

Smith told GMA he still was so angry over the shooting. Local police ruled out terrorism, domestic or foreign. Instead, police believe the mass shooting happened as a result of a dispute. KC police detained three people, two of them juveniles.

“Due to senseless violence, someone lost their life,” the Chiefs tackle told GMA. He said he saw several injured children and traumatized kids.

“I’m hurting for, one, the families of the people who got impacted,” Smith said. And “the city of Kansas City.”