Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced on Tuesday that two individuals have been charged with murder as well as other felonies for their involvement in the mass shooting that occurred following a Kansas City Chiefs championship rally last week.

According to the prosecutor’s office, Dominic M. Miller of Kansas City and Lyndell Mays of Raytown were each charged with two charges of armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, and second-degree murder. They have a $1 million bail being held for them.

The inquiry stated that when a verbal altercation with someone else got heated, Mays pulled out a revolver. Miller and the others pulled their guns almost instantly, which sparked the gunfight, according to Baker. According to Baker, the two had never met before that day.

Since the incident, she said, both defendants have been admitted to the hospital and are being held in custody.

Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a 43-year-old mother of two who worked as a local DJ and radio broadcaster, was mortally injured by Miller’s handgun, despite the fact that they were both charged with murder.

According to Baker, these defendants are not the same two teens who are being held in secure custody at the Juvenile Detention Center on allegations of possessing a firearm and resisting arrest. There could be more arrests, according to Baker.

A week has passed since the horrific incident that claimed Lopez-Galvan’s life and injured over 20 people, including around a dozen children. An exuberant day of celebration for the back-to-back Super Bowl champions was tragically ended by the shooting at Union Station.

After the incident, police first stated on Wednesday that they had apprehended three suspects; however, one of them was later found not to have been involved.

In a statement, Lopez-Galvan’s family expressed gratitude to the police, prosecutor’s office, and other law enforcement organizations that assisted with the investigation.

The family remarked that although justice can never bring back their beloved Lisa, they find solace in the knowledge that the KCPD and the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office made it their top priority to pursue justice for Lisa, the other gunshot victims, the people who had to watch this tragedy unfold, and the Kansas City community.

Record of Kansas City, Missouri

This event was at least the 48th shooting spree in the United States in 2024, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks these types of incidents alongside Media and counts shootings in which a minimum of four individuals are shot but the perpetrator escapes unharmed.

Additionally, it was the second shooting at a major US sports victory celebration in as many months. In June, two people were injured as Denver supporters departed a parade in support of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets.

Additional information about what transpired prior to, during, and after the shooting is provided by the charging records made public by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office. These documents include purported confessions from the two individuals accused of murder.

A probable cause statement claims that there was a fight between two groups before to the shooting, citing security footage of the incident.

According to the statement, Mays confronted a group of people verbally and approached them in a “aggressive” and “angry” way. The allegation claims that he then drew a pistol, pointed it at one of the people, and started running after and shot at him. According to the statement, other people pulled out guns and seemed to begin shooting at Mays. She was hit by gunfire.

According to the statement, Miller, on the other hand, is accused of positioning himself among the crowd, removing a gun, and seemingly starting to shoot. According to the statement, Miller was shot in the lower back by an unnamed individual, which sent him to the ground.

After being discovered injured, Mays was brought to a hospital for care. According to the statement, Mays told detectives he started firing because the others were saying, “I’m going to get you,” during a hospital interrogation two days after the incident.

You stupid man. According to the probable cause statement, Mays allegedly just pulled a revolver out and started shooting. I shouldn’t have done that. Simply being foolish.

The records stated that a Glock 9mm handgun that was discovered on the ground close to Mays had six shots in a magazine that held fifteen rounds. According to the records, the pistol was taken in Kansas City, Missouri.

According to the statement, a ballistic analysis of a.38-caliber class bullet found during Lopez-Galvan’s autopsy revealed it was fired from the Taurus weapon.

The maximum penalty for the charge of second-degree murder is life in prison, while the penalty for using a weapon unlawfully is up to 15 years.

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