Two men were charged with murder and other crimes in connection with a shooting at a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade that left one person dead and 22 injured, USA Today reports. Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays each face charges including second degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. They are each being held on $1 million bond, The shooting began around 2 p.m. on Feb. 14 in a crowd of more than 1 million people gathered in front of Kansas City's Union Station. Mays was in an argument with another person with whom he had no prior connection, said Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker. She said the argument "very quickly escalated" to Mays drawing his handgun. Almost immediately other people, including Miller, pulled out handguns, too.
One witness said a group of people approached Mays and another person, and they “began arguing about why they were staring at each other,” police detective Grant Spiking said in a probable cause statement. Mays allegedly admitted to shooting first and firing two shots, and he “acknowledged he shouldn’t have pulled a gun out," Spiking noted. Miller estimated he fired four to five shots, Baker said Miller's firearm was the weapon that fatally struck Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two and local DJ. "It is reassuring for our family, and the entire community to know that this joint effort resulted in the identification of the suspects involved," the Lopez-Galvan family said. "Though it does not bring back our beloved Lisa, it is comforting to know that the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office and the (police department) made it a top priority to seek justice for Lisa, the other shooting victims and those who had to witness this tragedy unfold in the Kansas City community."
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