Two men have been charged with murder in last week鈥檚 shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others after the Kansas City Chiefs鈥� Super Bowl parade, Missouri prosecutors said Tuesday.
Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays are charged with second-degree murder and other counts. They have been hospitalized since the shooting, Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said during a news conference. Officials declined to answer whether the men were being treated for gunshot wounds or other injuries.
Court records lay out a basic view of how the shooting unfolded.
The men did not know each other before the shooting, according to prosecutors. They were among several people arguing when Mays 鈥減ulled his handgun first almost immediately鈥� and several others did the same, Peters Baker said. Police say it was Miller鈥檚 gun that fired the shot that killed a woman.
Online court records did not list attorneys who could comment on the men鈥檚 behalf. The Missouri State Public Defender鈥檚 Office said applications for public defenders for the men had not yet been received by the Kansas City office.
The new charges come after two juveniles were detained last week . Authorities said more charges were possible.
鈥淚 do want you to understand 鈥� we seek to hold every shooter accountable for their actions on that day. Every single one,鈥� Peters Baker said. 鈥淪o while we鈥檙e not there yet on every single individual, we鈥檙e going to get there.鈥�
Police have said a led to the shooting, which happened even as 800 police officers patrolled the celebration.
The 22 people injured range in age from 8 to 47, according to police Chief Stacey Graves. , a mother of two and the host of 鈥淭aste of Tejano,鈥� was killed.
The shooting was the in the U.S. A shooting wounded several people after the Nuggets鈥� NBA championship.
That led Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to wonder whether it鈥檚 time to , even as he promised last week that the city will continue to celebrate its victories. Next month鈥檚 St. Patrick鈥檚 Day parade will go on as scheduled, Lucas said.
The Kansas City shooting occurred in a state with and a city that has struggled with gun violence. In 2020, Kansas City was chosen by the U.S. Justice Department in an effort to crack down on violent crime. In 2023, the city matched its record with 182 homicides, most of which involved guns.
On Monday, Missouri鈥檚 Republican-led House on a bipartisan vote passed a ban on celebratory gunfire in cities following . A similar measure was passed last year as part of a sweeping crime-related bill, but GOP Gov. Mike Parson vetoed the legislation. He cited issues with other crime provisions in the bill unrelated to celebratory gunfire.
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