A bullet broke through Chiefs coach Andy Reid's office -- while he was inside

Sam McDowell, The Kansas City Star on Aug 20, 2025

Published in Football

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A bullet broke through the glass of an office at the Chiefs’ practice facility last summer, multiple sources told The Kansas City Star.

Inside the office at the time: Andy Reid.

Reid, the 67-year-old head coach of three Super Bowl-winning teams in Kansas City, was not struck or injured by the gunshot, and neither was anyone else, according to a spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department.

But the most prominent active head coach in the NFL now works protected by bulletproof glass, sources said, a safety measure installed soon after.

Several sources have confirmed the May 2024 event to The Star. It had previously not been widely known in the 15 months after its occurrence — even among those in the building. For many Chiefs players and staff, The Star’s report will be the first they have learned of the gunfire that hit the facility.

Reid was working alone in his practice facility office in early May 2024 when a bullet fired from outside the building penetrated the glass and shot a hole through the window and blinds. The bullet lodged into a wall between his bathroom and the entry door to his office.

That’s roughly 15 feet from Reid’s desk — the approximate distance between a 15-month well-kept secret and a stunning tragedy.

No arrests or charges have been made in the case. The investigation is ongoing, according to Kansas City Police Department spokesperson Capt. Jacob Becchina, who said “there is no indication this was a targeted incident at any person or organization.”

“Because the building was occupied at the time of the bullet coming through the window, the case is being investigated as an aggravated assault,” Becchina said.

Two other bullets struck the facility during the gunfire — one hitting the third floor, one floor above Reid’s office, and another an outdoor air conditioning unit, sources said.

The Chiefs declined comment for this story.

The gunfire occurred shortly after midnight on the morning of May 4, 2024, according to a sparse incident report provided by the Kansas City Police Department and obtained by The Star through the Missouri Sunshine Law. The officers who arrived at the scene in the early morning hours of May 4 spoke with overnight security, who informed them someone “heard a noise and observed what appeared to be a bullet hole in a window,” Becchina said.

The department refused to provide further investigative or supplemental reports, citing the ongoing investigation.

The episode comes at a time in which the Chiefs have established a world-wide profile, with their games and star players increasing their international footprint. They are the subjects of a new ESPN documentary and have recently begun to refer to themselves as “the world’s team.”

Reid is at the epicenter of that, a franchise turnaround coinciding with his arrival from Philadelphia in 2013.

His office sits on the second floor of the three-story practice facility, overlooking the team’s three practice fields to the north side. The facility resides inside the Truman Sports Complex, a stone’s throw from GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

The facility, which includes the team’s front office and corporate offices, has a security guard on site 24 hours per day, according to the organization. The Chiefs have said in the past that the safety and security of their employees remains a top priority.

Within the last couple of months, the team has increased the amount of perimeter fencing surrounding the three practice fields. The facility is monitored by several cameras.

As the team analyzes its stadium future, weighing options in Missouri and Kansas with a lease set to expire in 2031, it also is mulling the future of its practice facility — including whether to remain at its current address east of downtown or move across the state line, or to a different location in Missouri.

It is not unusual for Reid to work deep into the night inside his office there, even into the early morning hours. It has become a habit that he considers part of the job — a job in which he has enjoyed immense success, particularly recently.

Just three months before gunfire pierced his office window, Reid led the Chiefs to their third Super Bowl in a five-year span and first NFL championship repeat in two decades. And nine months after the shooting incident, he led the Chiefs back to the NFL’s championship game.

He is the fourth-winningest coach in league history. His 301 total victories are 100 more than anyone else currently leading an NFL franchise.