KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri prosecutors mentioned Tuesday that two males have been charged with homicide in final week’s capturing that killed one individual and injured 22 others after the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ Tremendous Bowl parade.
Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays are charged with second-degree homicide and different counts. They’ve been hospitalized for the reason that capturing, Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker mentioned throughout a information convention. Officers declined to reply whether or not the lads had been being handled for gunshot wounds or different accidents.
Courtroom information lay out a fundamental view of how the capturing unfolded.
The boys didn’t know one another earlier than the capturing, in line with prosecutors. They had been amongst a number of individuals arguing when Mays “pulled his handgun first nearly instantly” and a number of other others did the identical, Peters Baker mentioned. Police say it was Miller’s gun that fired the shot that killed a lady.
On-line courtroom information didn’t record attorneys who may touch upon the lads’s behalf. The Missouri State Public Defender’s Workplace mentioned purposes for public defenders for the lads had not but been obtained by the Kansas Metropolis workplace.
The brand new prices come after two juveniles had been detained final week on gun-related and resisting arrest charges. Authorities mentioned extra prices had been doable.
“I do need you to grasp — we search to carry each shooter accountable for his or her actions on that day. Each single one,” Peters Baker mentioned. “So whereas we’re not there but on each single particular person, we’re going to get there.”
Police have mentioned a dispute among several people led to the capturing, which occurred whilst 800 law enforcement officials patrolled the celebration.
The 22 individuals injured vary in age from 8 to 47, in line with police Chief Stacey Graves. Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mom of two and the host of “Style of Tejano,” was killed.
The capturing was the latest at a sports celebration within the U.S. A capturing wounded a number of individuals last year in Denver after the Nuggets’ NBA championship.
That led Kansas Metropolis Mayor Quinton Lucas to wonder if it’s time to rethink championship celebrations, whilst he promised final week that town will proceed to rejoice its victories. Subsequent month’s St. Patrick’s Day parade will go on as scheduled, Lucas mentioned.
The Kansas Metropolis capturing occurred in a state with few gun regulations and a metropolis that has struggled with gun violence. In 2020, Kansas Metropolis was among nine cities chosen by the U.S. Justice Division in an effort to crack down on violent crime. In 2023, town matched its document with 182 homicides, most of which concerned weapons.
On Monday, Missouri’s Republican-led Home on a bipartisan vote handed a ban on celebratory gunfire in cities following debate that ranged from tearful to angry. An identical measure was handed final 12 months as a part of a sweeping crime-related invoice, however GOP Gov. Mike Parson vetoed the laws. He cited points with different crime provisions within the invoice unrelated to celebratory gunfire.
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Beck reported from Omaha, Neb.
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