2 accused of firing shots at 2024 KC Chiefs Super Bowl rally released from prison
Two men accused of firing shots in the mass shooting at the 2024 Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory rally that left one woman dead have been released from prison after short stints in state custody, according to Missouri’s Department of Corrections.
Both men, Dominic Miller and Terry Young, faced murder charges and pleaded guilty to lesser gun charges in plea deals in March and April, respectively, and received two-year prison sentences. Attorneys for both indicated they would be released shortly after their sentencing hearings, because they would receive credit for time they served in jail while awaiting their trials.
Young was released from prison last month after two days in state custody, according to DOC. Young pleaded guilty to a count of unlawful use of a weapon in Jackson County Circuit Court April 17 and was released the following week because of 760 days of credit he received for time he served in the Jackson County Detention Center.
Karen Pojmann, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections, told The Star in an email Monday that Young was in state custody from April 20-22.
Miller pleaded guilty to the same gun charge in March and was also sentenced to two years in prison. He was released after about four hours in state custody, according to DOC. Miller had 753 days of local credit.
Police alleged that the men were among two groups that fired shots at each other amidst the crowd at the rally event near Union Station in February 2024. The shots sent the people scrambling for cover, and many were injured. Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a beloved mother, wife, sister and local DJ, was shot and killed. Attorneys for both Miller and Young had raised self-defense arguments.
As prosecutors backed away from murder charges for both men, Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson cast blame on the state’s self-defense and defense-of-others laws and said they tied the hands of her office as it prosecuted the cases. The plea deals and Johnson’s comments have touched off debates over Missouri’s gun laws.
A case against a third man in the rally shooting, Lyndell Mays, remains pending and is scheduled to go to trial in March 2027. Mays faces a second-degree murder charge and a causing catastrophe charge.
