Two men have been charged with murder in a shooting during a Super Bowl victory rally in Kansas City, Missouri, that killed one person and injured more than 20 others.
Their arrests raised the total number of suspects charged in the Valentine's Day shooting to four. Two teens were arrested last week and accused as juveniles in family court of gun offenses and resisting arrest.
Prosecutors have said they would seek to charge the two kids as adults, and the investigation is ongoing.
The two most recent suspects, Dominic Miller, 18, of Kansas City, and Lyndell Mays, 23, of suburban Raytown, are each charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, and one count of unauthorized weapon use.
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An account of the massacre put together from witnesses and camera footage found that the violence began when Mays and a group of people confronting him "began arguing about why they were staring at each other," according to an affidavit submitted with the charges.
"According to court records, the defendants attended a Super Bowl parade and rally on Feb. 14, 2024, and were armed with firearms," the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office said in a separate statement. It added: "A verbal altercation occurred and gunfire broke out with no regard for thousands of other individuals in the area."
At a brief news conference announcing the charges, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said the investigation revealed that an altercation between Mays and a stranger caused the violence.
Baker told reporters that their argument "very quickly escalated," with Mays pulling out a revolver and others in the vicinity "almost immediately" drawing their firearms.
While both Mays and Miller are charged with murder, Baker claims the evidence demonstrates that a gunshot fired from Miller's weapon struck and killed Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan, 43, an on-air radio personality.
Police previously stated that she was one of 23 persons hit by gunfire, including at least nine children. Still, court filings filed against Mays list the total number of known gunshot victims as 25, including Lopez-Galvan.
In Missouri, second-degree murder convictions result in prison sentences ranging from 10 to 30 years or life.
