Following the fatal shooting at Kansas City’s Super Bowl party, two men are accused of murder.
Two guys are charged with murder after a shooting at a Super Bowl party in Kansas City that left many people dead.
(AP) — KANSAS CITY, MO According to court records made public on Tuesday, the two men accused of murder in the shooting that occurred last week during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade were strangers who pulled out firearms and started shooting as soon as they got into a fight.
At a press conference, Missouri prosecutors said that Lyndell Mays of Raytown, Missouri, and Dominic Miller of Kansas City, Missouri, had been charged with several charges of second-degree murder and various firearms offences in connection with the shooting that claimed one life and injured almost two dozen others.
Probable cause affidavits state that both guys were shot during the altercation. Since then, both have been admitted to hospitals, according to Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker at a press conference.
According to police affidavits, the argument started when two groups of individuals got upset because they thought that members in the other group were gazing at them. According to authorities, Mays and his companion aggressively approached the other group as captured on surveillance footage.
Despite being surrounded by large groups of people, including children, Mays was the first person on camera to start shooting, according to one of the affidavits.
According to the affidavit, Mays admitted to investigators that “he hesitated shooting because he knew there were kids there.” He claimed to investigators that he started shooting after he heard someone in the opposing side threaten to murder him with the words “I’m going to get you.” According to the affidavit, he said that as the other group member was fleeing, he randomly selected someone to shoot at.
According to one document, Miller first told investigators that he was shot in the rear and that he and his pals had started fleeing after hearing gunfire. Miller acknowledged firing four or five bullets when investigators showed him footage of him pursuing someone in Mays’ group and firing, according to the affidavit.
Lisa Lopez-Galvan was murdered by a gunshot fired by Miller, according to authorities on Tuesday. Per one of the affidavits, Lopez-Galvan was part of a crowd that was watching the Chiefs rally nearby.
Attorneys who may comment on behalf of the guys were not listed in online court documents. Applications for public defenders for the men have not yet been received by the Kansas City office, according to the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office.
Miller may have a relative, but messages left with them were not immediately responded. The Associated Press was unable to locate Mays’ family members’ phone numbers.
Although the men’s ages were not disclosed by the authorities, Mays is believed to be in his early 20s and Miller is either 18 or 19.
Two minors were also seized by authorities last week on suspicion of possessing firearms and resisting arrest. There was still a chance for further charges, they warned on Tuesday.
I do want you to know that our goal is to hold all shooters responsible for their acts on that particular day. Each and every one,” said Peters Baker. Therefore, even though we’re not there now for every single person, we will eventually get there.
The shooting on Feb. 14 outside the city’s iconic Union Station was a devastating finale to the festive event that attracted an estimated 1 million people to the city. It took place while 800 police officers monitored the festivities. Police said that the injured individuals are between the ages of 8 and 47.
Lopez-Galvan, the deceased woman, was a mother of two and the presenter of a local radio show named “Taste of Tejano.”
“The identification of the suspects involved is a reassuring development for our family and the community as a whole,” her family stated in a statement following Tuesday’s news.
This was the most recent shooting at an American sporting event. Following the Nuggets’ NBA title in Denver last year, a gunshot left many people wounded.
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