NFL players, their families, and political figures paid tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl
victory parade on Wednesday, which left at least one person dead and over 20 people injured, according to officials. They also called
for action to prevent gun violence.
When the Chiefs and their supporters congregated in downtown Kansas City, Missouri to celebrate the team’s victory over the San
Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII, a shooting incident took place.
Travis Kelce, the tight end with the Chiefs, expressed his grief over the tragedy that occurred today on X, the previous Twitter
platform. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who joined us in celebrating and was impacted. You are very important to me,
KC.
Patrick Mahomes, quarterback for the Chiefs
In her Instagram story, his spouse Brittany Mahomes stated, “Shooting people is never the answer.” This is difficult; I’m praying for
Kansas City and for America as a whole. “Very embarrassed and disappointed in this,” was the lengthy statement she sent in response
to the original post. It’s sad that Super Bowl victories will never be the same as a result. People were hurt and lives lost at what was
supposed to be a celebration. awful and extremely traumatic. Many prayers are being sent for the affected family.
Mecole Hardman Jr. and Trey Smith, two more Chiefs players, sent their prayers for the impacted parties on social media. Smith also
said, “A huge thank you to the first responders who ran towards the sound of danger.” It’s you who deserve to be honored today.
In response to the incident, other NFL players voiced their outrage and demanded political action to stop mass shootings in the
country. Justin Reid, a fellow Chiefs player, wrote on X that “we cannot allow this to be normal” and expressed his hope that “our
leaders enact real solutions so our kids’ kids won’t know this violence.”
Quinton Lucas, the mayor of Kansas City, expressed his heartbreak on X and pledged to keep working hard to make sure that the
attackers are held accountable, the victims receive top-notch care, the affected families get our support, and that our nation and city
do everything within our power to stop tragedies like this from happening in the future.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit tracker, the Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting was at least the 48th mass
shooting in the United States this year. The organization defines a mass shooting as any incident in which four or more persons are
killed or injured, excluding the gunman. Two other mass shootings had taken place as of Thursday morning, one in Memphis and one
in Baton Rouge, according to
Compared to other developed nations in Europe and Asia where gun death rates were much lower, the United States had the 28th
highest rate of gun violence-related deaths globally last year, according to the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics
and Evaluation, which keeps track of all causes of death worldwide.
The public is asked to persuade Congress to “finally act to ban assault weapons, to limit high capacity magazines, strengthen
background checks, and keep guns out of the hands of those who have no business owning or handling them,” as said in a statement
that President Joe Biden posted on X. Democratic Senator Joe Biden assisted in enacting a 10-year assault weapon prohibition, which
ended in
In addition to praying “for our country to find the resolve to end this senseless epidemic of gun violence tearing us at the seams,” the
president said he and his wife, Jill, were also praying for the victims and injured in Kansas City.
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