Should Kansas City Parents Fear & Avoid Public Events After Deadly Mass Shooting?!?

A somewhat hopeful follow-up note brings up an uncomfortable question that the entire city and nation must answer:

SHOULD KANSAS CITY PARENTS NOW AVOID LARGE PUBLIC GATHERINGS?!?!

Here's a hopeful note and more info on increasing challenges confronting families . . .

"All 12 of the patients Children's Mercy took in from the Chiefs parade shooting have gone home . . . One shooting victim is still recovering at Saint Luke’s Hospital, and was in stable condition as of Friday afternoon; four walked in with minor injuries and were treated and released. University Health has one shooting victim in critical condition and two more wounded by gunshots who are in stable condition. Nine patients were treated and released."

Accordingly & regarding our post title: 

"Parents who are just regular people living each day have to decide what we wish to do about it. Parades, rallies, schools, movies — it seems like almost nothing is safe," Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said in a news conference after Wednesday's shooting, adding that he almost brought his young son to the event. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

All children injured in the Chiefs parade shooting discharged, 4 others still in hospital

All 12 of the patients Children's Mercy took in from the Chiefs parade shooting have gone home. There are still three shooting victims in stable condition and one in critical condition hospitalized in Kansas City.

'We have great news to share': Children's Mercy announces all victims discharged

As the Kansas City area pulls together to support the victims of Wednesday's mass shooting outside Union Station, one area hospital has good news.

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In the wake of the Chiefs parade mass shooting, some parents hesitate to bring kids to big events

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