US gun violence: 2 men charged with murder in Chiefs parade mass shooting

KANSAS CITY (Missouri, US), Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Missouri prosecutors said that two men have been charged with murder in last week’s mass shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs‘ Super Bowl parade.

Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, Missouri, and Dominic Miller, of Kansas City, Missouri, are both charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.

According to court documents, the two men were strangers who pulled out guns and began firing within seconds of starting an argument. Both men were shot, and 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.

A bullet from Miller’s gun killed Lisa Lopez-Galvan, officials said Tuesday. Lopez-Galvan was in a nearby crowd of people watching the Chiefs rally, according to one of the affidavits.

“It is reassuring for our family and the entire community to know that this joint team effort has resulted in the identification of the suspects involved,” Lopez-Galvan’s family said in a statement after Tuesday’s announcement.

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 United States. A shooting wounded several people last year in Denver after the Nuggets’ NBA championship.

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. It now goes to the Missouri Senate for consideration. — NNN-AGENCIES