
Jason Barton didn't want to attend the Super Bowl parade this year. He told a co-worker the night before that he worried about a mass shooting. But it was Valentine's Day, his wife is a Kansas City Chiefs superfan, and he couldn't afford to take her to games since ticket prices soared after the team won the NFL championship in 2020.
So Barton drove 50 miles from Osawatomie, Kan., to downtown Kansas City, Mo., with his wife, Bridget; her 13-year-old daughter, Gabriella; and Gabriella's school friend. When they finally arrived home that night, they cleaned blood from Gabriella's sneakers and found a bullet in Bridget's backpack.