Chiefs OL Trey Smith gave boy WWE belt during parade shooting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A few Kansas City Chiefs players sprang into action as they looked to escape the mass shooting after Wednesday’s Super Bowl celebration.

Chiefs offensive guard Trey Smith told Good Morning America that he saw a frightened boy with his father and used his WWE title belt to comfort the boy.

“I was thinking, what can I do to help him out?” Smith said in an interview Thursday. “I just handed him the belt: ‘Hey buddy, you’re the champion. No one’s going to hurt you, man. We’ve got your back.'”

Smith talked to the boy about wrestling to take the boy’s mind off the frightening scene after they were loaded onto a bus.

Smith said more than 20 people were hiding in a closet with him, the boy and the boy’s father.

“Right before I run in there, there’s a little kid in front of me so I just grabbed him and yanked him up and said, ‘You’re hopping in here with me, buddy,'” Smith said.

Smith also said long snapper James Winchester “was very instrumental in keeping people calm.”

The Tennessee product was emotional in his interview, recalling the day that started in celebration and ended with sorrow.

“I’m pretty angry. Due to senseless violence, someone lost their life …. Children are injured. Children are traumatized,” Smith said. “I’m hurting for, one, the families of the people who got impacted, [and two,] the city of Kansas City.”

The two-time Super Bowl champion also went to Twitter to send his prayers to Kansas City along with several Chiefs players.

“Our hearts go out to you guys. We will continue to pray for you. At the end of the day, Kansas City is a great city,” Smith said.

“We’re going to stand up together and we’re going to be strong.”