2024 Kansas City Parade Shooting
On February 14, 2024, 33 people were wounded in a mass shooting at the west side of Kansas City Union Station, Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. One person was killed and 22 others were shot, including 11 children. The shooting followed a Super Bowl LVIII victory parade for the Kansas City Chiefs. Two adults and two juveniles were charged in connection with the shooting, with the adults being charged with murder. Background On February 11, 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII. On February 14, a victory parade and rally were held, with a municipal budget of almost being allocated. The parade ran from Sixth Street to Union Station, culminating with the team and dignitaries giving speeches at the rally in front of the building. More than 600 Kansas City Police Department officers and 200 other officers were staffed around the events. The crowd was estimated at one million, including many families due to Kansas City metropolitan area schools can ...
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Kansas City Union Station
Kansas City Union Station (station code: KCY) is a union station opened in 1914, serving Kansas City, Missouri, and the surrounding metropolitan area. It replaced a small Union Depot from 1878. Union Station served a peak annual traffic of more than 670,000 passengers in 1945 at the end of World War II, quickly declined in the 1950s, and was closed in 1985. In 1996, a public–private partnership undertook Union Station's $250 million restoration, funded in part by a sales tax levied in both Kansas and Missouri counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area. By 1999, the station reopened as a series of museums and other public attractions. In 2002, Union Station saw its return as a train station when Amtrak began providing public transportation services and has since become Missouri's second-busiest train station. The refurbished station boasts theaters, ongoing museum exhibits, and attractions such as the Science City at Union Station, the Irish Museum and Cultural Center, ...
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