Kansas City Chiefs players call for gun control reform after fatal shooting saw Super Bowl victory parade descend into tragedy: ‘We cannot allow this to be normal’

Kansas City Chiefs players have joined calls for gun control reform after the team’s Super Bowl victory parade ended in tragedy with a fatal mass shooting on Wednesday.

What should have been a purely joyful day for many, celebrating the Chiefs’ second straight NFL championship, ended with one person dead and about two dozen others injured in the shooting.

Justin Reid and Charles Omenihu took to social media to call for reforms after the city they represented was deeply affected by the shooting.

Three suspects are in custody after the incident.

Union Station in Kansas City was the site of the mass shooting after the championship parade

The Chiefs would celebrate the NFL's first repeat championship in two decades

The Chiefs would celebrate the NFL’s first repeat championship in two decades

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