Two adults have been arrested in connection with the mass shooting that erupted following a dispute at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade last week, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays each face charges of second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said, noting that paradegoer Lisa Lopez-Galvan was allegedly fatally shot by a bullet from Miller’s gun.
It appears Mays was in a “verbal argument” at the parade with someone he had no prior history with, Baker said at a news conference.
“That argument very quickly escalated to Mays” pulling out his handgun, and “almost immediately, others pulled their firearms,” including Miller, Baker said.
Mays told police “that he drew a gun first, in a crowd of people with kids, picked one of the individuals in the group [he was arguing with] at random, and started shooting, all because they said, ‘I’m going to get you’ and to him, that meant, ‘I’m going to kill you,'” the probable cause affidavit said.
Mays said he fired two shots and said other people started shooting after he did, the court document said.
Miller said after he heard gunshots and saw a man shooting at him, he returned fire, according to the probable cause statement.
Miller said he estimated he fired four to five shots, according to court documents.
