Missouri Congressman on Chiefs parade shooting: ‘It’s a sad day for Kansas City’

Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.) stated it was a “unhappy day” for Kansas Metropolis, Mo., within the wake of a mass capturing following the victory parade for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs Wednesday.

“My daughter and son have been on the parade — they left earlier than the capturing occurred. It’s a tragic day for Kansas Metropolis. This was speculated to be a day to rejoice and, and nonetheless as we speak we’re mourning the lack of one individual and others injured,” Alford stated on “The Hill on NewsNation” Wednesday night.

“This 12 months led to tragedy and and my coronary heart goes out to that neighborhood and sure, it’s a human violence downside. How do you remedy that? That’s an excellent query,” Alford added.

The capturing after the Chiefs’ Tremendous Bowl parade killed at the least one individual and left greater than 20 injured Wednesday. Among the many injured have been eight kids, police stated.

Three individuals are in custody to date in reference to the capturing, in accordance with police.

Alford famous he was speculated to be on the parade, as properly. 

“My daughter and son — we’re all huge Chiefs followers. We watched the sport collectively. I used to be going to be within the parade however we got here again to do our work right here in Washington as we speak. We simply had a second of silence on the ground,” he stated.

He additionally stated that the securing the positioning of the parade can be troublesome because of the excessive variety of followers coming to rejoice.

“You bought one million folks packed into this — mainly a punch bowl. It’s unattainable to safe that space. You can not run one million folks via steel detectors to get in there to rejoice the Chiefs victory,” he stated.

Different lawmakers and President Biden issued statements condemning the capturing on Wednesday, with many Democrats utilizing it as another excuse to name for gun management laws.

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