On Tuesday, we finally found out the names of the two adults who have been arrested and charged in the shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl championship parade last week.
According to CBS News, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker told reporters that Lyndell Mays, 23, and Dominic Miller, 18, were being charged with second-degree murder after a verbal confrontation led to 23 people being shot, one fatally. Mays was allegedly the individual who started the verbal altercation, and Miller was supposedly the man whose bullet was responsible for killing local radio DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan.
“According to another probable cause statement, a witness told police a group of four males approached Mays and one of them asked him what he was looking at. In surveillance video, Mays started to approach the group ‘in an aggressive manner’ and pointed at them before pulling out his gun, according to the statement,” CBS News reported.
As for Miller, surveillance video reportedly showed that he was watching the argument and then pulled out a firearm, chasing after one of the people involved in the altercation and firing at them. Miller himself was shot and fled the scene, then told police at the hospital that he was shot at and returned fire from his gun.
KSHB-TV reported that Mays was charged on Saturday but requested that his charges be sealed; they were unsealed on Tuesday. Miller was charged on Monday, and his charges were likewise made public Tuesday. Two juveniles had previously been charged with gun crimes and resisting arrest, according to NBC News, although it was unclear whether those juveniles were involved in the shooting or not. More charges are expected to be forthcoming.
New Missouri gun laws will not stop this behavior. The shooters were already underage and prohibited from owning or possessing firearms according to Missouri law.