2 men charged with murder after parade shooting in K.C.

Two men were charged with murder in the shooting that killed a person and injured at least 22 others after a parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win last week, prosecutors announced late Tuesday.

Dominic Miller of Kansas City and Lyndell Mays of Raytown, Mo., face charges of second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said at a news conference.

Mays was arrested over the weekend and Miller was arrested Monday night, said Michael Mansur, a spokesman for Baker. Both men, who were shot, according to court records, remain in the hospital with law enforcement officers guarding them, Baker said.

Both are being held on a $1 million bond, prosecutors said.

At Tuesday’s news conference, Baker indicated that charges would be filed against more people and did not answer questions about how many shooters there were or the numbers and types of firearms they used. Two juveniles were charged with gun-related offenses and resisting arrest last week.

Prosecutors also released new information Tuesday about what they’d previously described as a personal dispute, detailing how Mays and Miller allegedly drew firearms during a verbal altercation involving at least four other people.

“That argument very quickly escalated,” Baker said.

On Wednesday, Mays had been arguing with another person near the Union Station entertainment hub just after a rally where Chiefs players and staffers had addressed a crowd of thousands. Mays did not know the other person, Baker said.

A person who was standing with Mays later told police that she saw a group of four men approach him, including one who had a firearm hanging out from their backpack, according to a probable cause statement. The witness, who was not identified in the publicly available document, said one of the four men asked Mays what he was looking at, which led to an argument.

Mays eventually took out a firearm before others, including Miller, reciprocated.

If convicted of seconddegree murder, the most serious of the charges, Mays and Miller could face life in prison, Baker said Tuesday.

In the days since the shooting, the Kansas City community has been grieving.

Lopez-Galvan, 43, was known across the community for DJing special occasions and as a host for her Tejano-music show at radio station KKFI. A fundraiser in her memory had brought in more than $375,000 as of Tuesday afternoon, buoyed by large donations from celebrities such as Taylor Swift.