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Wayne Ellington, his father's memory fresh, supports President's call for gun control

In a tweet Thursday, Wayne Ellington joined many of his NBA colleagues in supporting President Obama's call for new gun control measures ...

I'm with @POTUS and his action to make our communities safer from gun violence. #StopGunViolence #PowerofWE

— Wayne Ellington (@WayneElli22) January 8, 2016

But unlike his colleagues, for Ellington, it was highly personal. Ellington’s father, Wayne Ellington Sr., was shot in the head while sitting in his red Oldsmobile on a Philadelphia street in November 2014.