A group of Argentina fans said they were shot at while riding in an Uber to a World Cup match in Kansas City.
The supporters claimed another car pulled alongside their Uber and fired twice as they were traveling to Argentina’s opening Group J match against Algeria.
“They shot at the car as we were coming,” one fan told Argentine outlet La Nación, according to Newsweek. “They shot at the Uber twice.”
The fans said they initially thought the noise was a blown tire before realizing the Uber driver had been hit.
“The car was moving, another car came by and shot at it twice,” one fan said. “At first we thought it was a punctured tire — I didn’t see it.”
The passenger said the driver then stopped the car and they noticed he had been wounded.
“He braked, and I saw his leg — the guy had a hole in it,” the fan said. “We called the police. It was horrible.”
The group said police responded, took statements and later drove them to the stadium in patrol cars.
“They took us to the police station. We had to give a statement,” one fan said. “Then they brought us here in patrol cars.”
The motive for the alleged shooting was not immediately clear.
One of the fans also claimed similar incidents had happened to three other cars, though Newsweek noted that claim had not been independently verified.
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The alleged incident happened shortly before Argentina’s match against Algeria at Kansas City Stadium, with the fans speaking on camera around 20 minutes before kickoff.
Argentina went on to win 3-0, with Lionel Messi scoring a hat trick to begin the defending champions’ World Cup campaign.
Kansas City is hosting World Cup matches for the first time as part of the expanded tournament across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The fans’ account comes after a separate shooting earlier this month near England’s World Cup base camp in Kansas City, where nine people suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
England had not yet arrived in the city at the time.
The city has seen large crowds of international fans arrive for games, fan events and watch parties during the tournament, with Argentina’s opener bringing another major influx of supporters to the host city.