Two men have been charged with murder in last week’s shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, Missouri prosecutors said Tuesday.
Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays are charged with second-degree murder and other charges. They have been hospitalized since the shooting, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said during a news conference. Authorities declined to answer whether the men were being treated for gunshot wounds or other injuries.
Court records present a basic view of how the shooting unfolded.
According to prosecutors, the men did not know each other before the shooting. They were among several people arguing when Mays “pulled his gun first almost immediately” and several others did the same, Peters Baker said. Police say it was Miller’s gun that fired the shot that killed a woman.
Online court records did not list attorneys who could comment on the men’s behalf. The Missouri State Public Defender’s Office said the Kansas City office had not yet received public defender applications for the men.
The new charges come after two juveniles were arrested last week on weapons and resisting arrest charges. Authorities said more charges were possible.
“I want you to understand: We seek to hold all shooters accountable for their actions that day. Every single one of them,” Peters Baker said. “So, although we are not there yet in each individual, we are going to get there.”
Police have said a dispute between several people led to the shooting, which occurred while 800 police officers were patrolling the celebration.
The 22 injured people range in age from 8 to 47 years old, according to Police Chief Stacey Graves. Lisa López-Galván, mother of two and host of Taste of Tejano, was murdered.
The shooting was the latest at a sports celebration in the United States. A shooting injured several people last year in Denver after the Nuggets’ NBA championship.
That led Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to question whether it’s time to rethink championship celebrations, even as he promised last week that the city will continue celebrating its victories. Next month’s St. Patrick’s Day parade will go ahead as planned, Lucas said.
The Kansas City shooting occurred in a state with few gun regulations and a city that has struggled with gun violence. In 2020, Kansas City was among nine cities chosen by the US Department of Justice in an effort to combat violent crime. In 2023, the city tied its record with 182 homicides, most of which involved firearms.
On Monday, the Republican-led Missouri House of Representatives approved in a bipartisan vote a ban on celebratory shooting in cities after a debate that ranged from tears to anger. A similar measure passed last year as part of a sweeping crime-related bill, but Republican Gov. Mike Parson vetoed the legislation. He cited problems with other criminal provisions in the bill unrelated to celebratory shooting.
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