MADRID (AP) — On his way to a career-best first half, Ja'Marr Chase tried to get the crowd going at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium as the Cincinnati Bengals played the Atlanta Falcons in Madrid on Sunday.
After catching a 47-yard touchdown pass from Joe Burrow in the first quarter of the Bengals' 34-17 win, Chase teamed up with Tee Higgins to celebrate in bullfighting style.
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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) scores a touchdown during an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) scores a touchdown during an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) passes the ball to wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) for a touchdown during an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) celebrates with wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) after an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
“A friend of mine told me what was going on,” Chase said. “So he was telling me, the crowd will go ‘Ole’ if I was to do it. So I think that was the biggest part, of me trying to get the crowd involved.”
While Higgins mimicked a bull by putting his hands on his head, Chase played the matador, wielding an imaginary cape.
“The fans liked it. So when we did it, I heard them say, ‘Ole,’” said Higgins, who had two touchdowns as the Bengals offense continued to roll.
Chase went on to finish with a career-high 142 receiving yards for a first half, and 155 yards on 10 receptions for the game.
The eight first-half catches tied for his most receptions in a first half, the Bengals said.
“It was one of my best performances," Chase said. "I just was getting good looks all day, honestly. I can say that. Joe was just believing in me on those one-on-one matchups and every time he got the opportunity, he was just feeding me."
Chase's first-half yardage total surpassed his previous career high of 112 yards, which also came against Atlanta in 2022, the Bengals said.
Chase’s 142 receiving yards were the fourth most by any player in the first half of a game this season, the team said. It marked the 12th time in his career that he went for 100 or more yards in a half.
Chase was particularly impressive in the Bengals’ drive that put the team up 21-10 in the second quarter, when he caught five passes.
“When he’s playing like that, you just got to throw him the ball and let him go and make plays and just try to get it in his hands,” Burrow said of Chase. “You know, there’s been a lot of good ones, but I’m going to have a hard time putting anybody above No. 1.”
Chase said his connection with Burrow, who also had a rushing touchdown Sunday, is only getting better. The two were teammates at LSU before reuniting in Cincinnati in 2021.
“We’ve been playing together for as long as I can remember since 2019,” Chase said of Burrow. “We go back that far and the longer we’ve been playing the more chemistry has been building and getting better.”
It was the fourth win in a row for the Bengals as they improved to 6-2.
“The sky’s the limit for us, we have so much potential with this team and the sky is the limit and you got to take it one step at a time," Chase said.
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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) scores a touchdown during an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) scores a touchdown during an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) passes the ball to wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) for a touchdown during an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) celebrates with wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) after an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'marr Chase (1) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during an NFL football game against Atlanta Falcons in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Poland was in shock Sunday, a day after a gunman opened fire, killing six people and wounding 15 in the city of Krakow before police shot and wounded him.
Authorities say the attacker held far-right views, though they have not disclosed whether he was affiliated with any organized extremist group. Prosecutors say they are investigating the shooting as a terrorist offense.
Police have also found the bodies of the suspect's parents and sister at the family's home.
Here is what we know about the mass killing that marked a grim first in modern-day Poland:
Police say the 24-year-old attacker, wearing military-style clothing and a bulletproof vest, drove into the city's Main Square and opened fire. The square, in Krakow’s Old Town, is a major tourist destination in Poland’s second-largest city.
What unfolded Saturday was a scene of chaos and terror.
Warsaw native Magdalena Frączak was visiting Krakow with her friend when shots rang out Saturday afternoon and the gunman drew closer.
“I threw an elderly woman behind the flower planter because she had become tangled in the blanket she had on her lap. I covered her with my body,” Frączak told The Associated Press on Sunday. “I also saw him out of the corner of my eye — he passed just one meter behind my back. That’s why I have shrapnel wounds in six places on my back. Only after it had passed did I pull the woman up, and we ran into a café.”
Videos posted on social media show people running away from the square into narrow streets nearby, as well as first responders trying to resuscitate victims.
Even after he was wounded by police officers, the attacker continued firing, Krakow police spokesperson Katarzyna Cisło said.
Four women and two men were killed in the square.
Three of the women and one man were Polish, Krzysztof Jan Klęczar, the Malopolska regional governor, said on Sunday. A man from the U.K. and a woman from Austria were also among the dead. The wounded included people from Britain, Portugal, Russia, Germany and Austria.
The two police officers who stopped the gunman, in actions authorities described as heroic, remained in the hospital. They were both conscious, with one emerging from a coma on Sunday afternoon.
After the shooting, authorities overnight paused St. Mary’s Trumpet Call — a traditional five-note melody that is played every hour from the highest tower of St. Mary’s Basilica on Main Square — in tribute to the victims.
It was the first time the call had been missed since World War II.
On Sunday afternoon, St. Anne’s Church in Krakow filled with mourners attending a service for the victims.
The square reopened Sunday evening with mourners gathering to lay flowers and candles in honor of the victims.
The attacker, a 24-year-old Polish national, remained in critical condition on Sunday after undergoing several surgeries. Police have not released his name.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński described his views as radical and ultranationalist, and said evidence indicated he had a fascination with far-right ideologies.
Prosecutors said they had opened an investigation into murder and attempted murder, including attacks on police officers, describing the shooting as a terrorist offense.
At the suspect's home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Krakow, authorities said they discovered three bodies.
Police identified them as the suspect's parents and sister. They said the three likely died from gunshot wounds.
The suspect’s dead sibling was a young artist studying at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts. “Nothing will ever be like before. The delicate tissue of our academic community was painfully wounded,” the academy wrote in a statement Sunday, confirming that Magdalena Oksińska was a third-year student.
“Magdalena Oksińska, 21 years old, a queer person, was an absolutely talented painter, photographer, poet and writer,” architect Pavko Krajka wrote on social media, in a post accompanied by images of the artist’s paintings. “Her death is a great loss for Krakow, Polish, European and queer culture.”
Police found four firearms at the scene of the attack. They were recovered from the attacker or from his car.
Klęczar said the attacker’s father legally owned more than 10 guns and that the attacker also owned firearms. Local officials said seven weapons were also seized from the family home, bringing the total number of firearms recovered to 11.
The Swit shooting club in Starachowice, where the attacker is believed to have trained, issued a statement Sunday saying it offered only “static shooting,” which involves firing from a fixed position at a stationary target.
The suspect, it said, “was never trained in our club in the areas of dynamic, tactical or combat shooting.”
Mass shootings are uncommon in Poland, a country of 37 million people where about 411,000 people hold gun permits. Interest in gun ownership has been rising.
Kacper Rekawek, a researcher at the International Center for Counterterrorism in The Hague, Netherlands, said the attack resembled incidents of far-right “lone wolf” attacks in Europe over the past years.
A woman lights a candle near the main square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
A women crying at the main square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026 where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
Forensic investigators work behind police privacy screens in a cordoned off area after a shooter opened fire in a market square in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, leaving people dead and injured, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
Worshippers attend a Mass for the victims of the previous day's shooting in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrsel)
Police officers stand at the market square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
People place candles near the market square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
The flag of Poland flies at half-mast at the town hall in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
A police officer guards near the market square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
Candles stand near the market square in Krakow, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, where several people were shot the day before. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
