Feb 28, 2024

More free counseling offered in the wake of Chiefs rally shooting

Posted Feb 28, 2024 11:00 AM
File photo Emergency medical technicians walk around the scene following the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade, rally shooting Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel).
File photo Emergency medical technicians walk around the scene following the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade, rally shooting Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel).

JACKSON COUNTY —In the wake of shootings at Union Station on Feb. 14, the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office will hold a free counseling session Wednesday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Ennovation Center in Independence, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.

The Ennovation Center is conveniently located with parking at 201 N. Forest Avenue, Suite 120, in Independence, Missouri. 

The prosecutor's office continue to maintain a hotline number for persons who want to call and talk to someone. The hotline number is 816-881-1540.

In addition, persons are encouraged to call 816-234-5043 to report to KCPD injuries other than from gunshot. 

The prosecutor's office initiated these counseling sessions quickly after the shootings at Union Station following the rally and parade on Feb. 14.

Since then, numerous churches, non-profit service providers and staff from the prosecutor's office have joined to help to bring counseling and some comfort to persons impacted emotionally by the tragic violence at the public event. The prosecutor's office extends its gratitude to all who have helped make these sessions valuable.