Chiefs OL Trey Smith shares his account of Super Bowl LVIII parade shooting

The shooting on Wednesday at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII parade at the historic Union Station in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, left one person killed and 22 others injured from gunshot wounds, police say.

Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith shared his harrowing account of the shooting during an appearance on Good Morning America on Thursday.

"I just remember the security guards just ushering us through the doors quickly, saying, 'Come on, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up.' They said, 'This is not a joke. It's a life and death situation,' " Smith said.

Smith told GMA that he and Chiefs long snapper James Winchester sheltered in a closet, and Smith credited Winchester for helping keep people calm amid the chaotic scene.

Smith said there were potentially 20-plus people hiding in the closet in the aftermath of the shooting, including a child he sought to comfort.

"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 added: "This little boy was with his father. He was a little hysterical. He just panicked. 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.' We just started talking about wrestling: 'Who's your favorite wrestler? What's your favorite wrestling match?' Little things like that to take his mind off it. 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,. No one