Kansas City Shooting: Tragedy Draws Strong Reactions From Serena Williams’ Husband, Martina Navratilova and Andy Roddick

Within the world of sports fandom, Kansas City Chiefs supporters become more than just cheerleaders—they become heroes within themselves. This was made obvious when, after the Super Bowl parade shooting, a few spectators courageously tackled a suspected gunman, displaying incredible bravery amid the mayhem. Videos showing their prompt and decisive response have gone viral on the internet, garnering a lot of attention and appreciation.

But the impact of their bravery went beyond the sport; it resonated with people in other fields as well, such as tennis, where a number of prominent personalities responded to the supporters’ bravery. A lot of popular faces, including Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian, and Andy Roddick, reacted to the same.

Martina Navratilova and Andy Roddick react to Kansas City’s heroics

In a video going around the internet, the suspect in the shooting tries to run away, but one brave fan grabs him and drags him onto the ground. While he tries to free himself, other fans join him to stop the suspect from doing anything. After the incident, a lot of well-known tennis faces have come forward to talk about the incident and appreciate the fans’ bravery. One of the first to react to the incident was Serena Williams’ entrepreneur husband, Alexis Ohanian, who shared a video of the same and added his proud reaction, “#LookForTheHelpers Heroes.” 

On the other hand, even the 41-year-old Andy Roddick shared his take on the incident. Along with that, he also highlighted how nobody’s allowed to carry guns at the games.

He stated, “Guns aren’t allowed at the NRA national convention. You might think there’s something quippy coming.  Nope. They just aren’t allowed there. Everywhere else? Totally fine.” 

After looking into the 2003 US Open champion’s comment, even Martina Navratilova stepped up to share her take on the same. She replied to his comment and added, “Nope. No guns when they all want to be safe but guns everywhere else is just fine…”

While the major discussion was about a suspect entering and how the fans handled him, the discussion was centered on how guns are not allowed at sporting events. However, two more popular entities, including Serena Williams’ former coach, Rennae Stubbs, and Coco Gauff‘s ex-coach, Brad Gilbert, also stepped up to share their take on this incident.

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Tennis coaches’ take on the Kansas City incident 

Aussie Rennae Stubbs also took to X to state that the chaos was an American problem. She wrote, “And don’t tell me to go back to Australia! I am a dual citizen and have lived here for 26 years. I love this country but this problem is AN AMERICAN PROBLEM! And people around the world think this is insane!” 

On the other hand, even Brad Gilbert, the former coach, detailed how there should be no weapons allowed to stop such a fearful situation. Gilbert mentioned, “He waking up ⬆️ to hear👂about another senseless shooting at Chiefs championship celebration, hopefully 🙏 at some point will figure it out like Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿did with gun laws, until then it will continue to be the same, absolute insanity to allow assault weapons.”

The tennis community reacted differently to the scenario; while many were concerned, others were interested in learning how the suspect entered the arena with a gun. However, do share your ideas with us in the space below for comments on the incident.

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