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Kansas City shooting tore through civic fabric. Did it also end sports championship parades as we know them?

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Chris Jones led crowd chants for a three-peat, it was fun for Kansas City Chiefs fans to envision what could happen in February of 2025. After Jones (perhaps inebriated) said he would be back for the 2024 season, you could forgive an exuberant Chiefs fan for dreaming of a third consecutive Super Bowl parade and fourth in six seasons.

Just like in 2020 and in 2023, Wednesday’s parade down Grand Street culminated with a rally in front of Union Station. But minutes after Travis Kelce serenaded the crowd with an off-key version of “Friends in Low Places,” chaos ensued.