Two adult males were arrested and charged with murder on Tuesday in connection with a mass shooting at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade that killed one and injured 22 others last week. The men, identified as Dominic Miller, 18, and Lyndell Mays, 23, are accused of inciting an argument that escalated into an exchange of gunfire, resulting in injuries to bystanders as well as the shooters—injuries upon which Mays’ family attempted to capitalize with a short-lived GoFundMe campaign.
According to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker, the deadly conflict at the February 14th parade to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win began when Mays and Miller began arguing over whether the other had been staring at them, pulling their respective groups of friends into the conflict. The two groups had no prior connection. Surveillance footage indicates that Mays drew his weapon, believed to be a 9mm handgun, just 17 seconds after the confrontation began, prompting others to open fire.
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After his arrest, Lyndell Mays confessed to “randomly picking” an unarmed member of the rival group to shoot at, firing at the target’s back as he fled. In the chaos, Mays was shot nine times, requiring hospitalization. An image of Mays in a hospital bed headlined a now-deleted GoFundMe page created by his mother, in which she wrote, “getting shot multiple times at a time that was ment [sic] to bring so much joy to so many has bought [sic] pain and sadness to all that was attending.” The campaign raised $100 before it was taken down and Mays was discharged into police custody.
Court documents released on Tuesday report that Mays said he was “just being stupid” when he opened fire.
“Stupid, man. Just pulled a gun out and started shooting,” he told police. “I shouldn’t have done that. Just being stupid.”
Meanwhile, Dominic Miller, who opened fire with his own 9mm pistol, was found to be responsible for firing the shot that killed local radio DJ Lisa Lopez Gavlan, a 43-year-old mother of two who was attending the parade. Miller fired an unknown number of shots, including several into the air as he tripped over a traffic cone. Like Mays, he was hospitalized with several gunshot wounds and has not yet been released to law enforcement.
In total, 20 people—including 12 children—were wounded in the crossfire, one critically.
Miller and Mays now face charges of second-degree murder and two counts each of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. Both are being held on $1 million bond.
Two juveniles were also arrested in connection with the shooting and have been hit with charges for gun possession and resisting arrest. Neither has been identified because of their age, but prosecutors indicate that they may be charged as adults in the coming weeks.
Connor Walcott is a staff writer for Valuetainment.com. Follow Connor on X and look for him on VT’s “The Unusual Suspects.”
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