Detroit police ramp up security measures for 2024 NFL Draft following Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting

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The shooting that occurred at the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory rally near Union Station on Wednesday has prompted a city farther north to address safety concerns ahead of its own major NFL event.

Detroit hosts the 2024 NFL Draft in late April, and the downtown area will see gun-free zones, Police Chief James White said via Fox 2 Detroit.

This announcement from the police chief comes after one person died and 22 others were injured, including 11 children, following a dispute in Kansas City at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade.

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Detroit is planning to boost security measures ahead of the NFL Draft in April. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images/File)

To ease the minds of NFL fans across the country that are thinking of attending the outdoors festivities for the annual draft, gun-free zones will be found in and around the Campus Martius area where the event is to held. 

And there will also be security measures the public won’t notice, as undercover officers and a Detroit police real-time crime center will be set up. 

"It’s an intelligence unit with intelligent people that know exactly what they’re doing," White said, via Fox 2 Detroit. 

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Detroit is estimating 300,000 people will visit the Motor City for the event, the biggest the NFL has to offer after the Super Bowl. The draft lasts three days, with the most-anticipated first round coming on Thursday, April 25.

White says Detroit is prepared for this influx of people.

"We've hosted everything from Taylor Swift to Beyoncé. The Lions this year did their thing