Two adults charged with murder in Chiefs parade shooting

ByABC News
February 20, 2024, 3:29 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri prosecutors said Tuesday that two adults have been charged with murder in last week's shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade.

Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays are both charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. They have been hospitalized since the shooting, Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said during a news conference. They are each being held on a $1 million bond.

The men did not know each other before the shooting, according to prosecutors. They were among several people arguing when Mays "pulled his handgun 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 Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two and the host of "Taste of Tejano."

The new charges come after two juveniles were detained last week on gun-related and resisting arrest charges. Authorities said more charges are possible.

"I do want you to understand -- we seek to hold every shooter accountable for their actions on that day. Every single one," Peters Baker said. "So, while we're not there yet on every single individual, we're going to get there."

The 22 people injured range in age from 8 to 47, according to police Chief Stacey Graves. 

The shooting was the latest at a sports celebration in the U.S. A shooting wounded several people last year in Denver after the Nuggets' NBA championship.

That led Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to wonder whether it's time to rethink championship celebrations, even as he promised last week that the city will continue to celebrate its victories. Next month's St. Patrick's Day parade will go on as scheduled, Lucas said.

On Monday, Missouri's Republican-led House on a bipartisan vote passed a ban on celebratory gunfire in cities following debate that ranged from tearful to angry. A similar measure was passed last year as part of a sweeping crime-related bill, but Republican Gov. Mike Parson vetoed the legislation. He cited issues with other crime provisions in the bill unrelated to celebratory gunfire.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.