‘Causing catastrophe’: Man charged in Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting faces new felony
One of the men charged with murder in the Chiefs Super Bowl rally mass shooting is facing a new felony charge of “causing catastrophe,” the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.
A Jackson County grand jury added the charge last week, alleging that Lyndell Mays “knowingly caused a catastrophe by releasing a crowd surge or stampede of people” that caused serious physical injury to 10 or more people, according to court documents.
Mays, who remains in Jackson County jail on a $1 million bond, is expected to be arraigned Monday on the new charge, according to a news release from the prosecutor’s office.
In addition to the new charge, the 23-year-old Raytown man has been charged with second-degree felony murder and unlawful use of a weapon, as well as two counts of armed criminal action, in the mass shooting on Feb. 14 outside Union Station. Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a 43-year-old Johnson County mother of two and a beloved party DJ, was killed.
Twenty-two others, nearly half of whom were children under 16 years old, were left with gunshot injuries, and about 60 others reported injuries or went to a hospital in connection with the stampede that followed.
Two other adults, 19-year-old Dominic M. Miller of Kansas City and 21-year-old Terry J. Young of Kansas City, both face identical charges of second-degree felony murder and unlawful use of a weapon, as well as two counts of armed criminal action.
Police have said that an argument between two groups set off the shooting at the end of the large celebration. Prosecutors alleged that Mays drew and fired first. Gunfire from Miller’s firearm struck and killed Lopez-Galvan, according to court documents. Young can be seen in surveillance video drawing a gun, and he appears to shoot several times, a detective wrote in court documents.
Under Missouri law, a person who did not pull the trigger can still be charged when someone is killed during the commission of a dangerous felony.
Jury trials have been scheduled for next March for Young and September 2025 for Mays. A trial date has yet to be set for Miller.
Three teens have also been charged in the shooting. The Jackson County Family Court administrative judge ruled last month that one of the teens, a 16-year-old who was charged with one count of unlawful use of a weapon and one count of resisting arrest, will not face prosecution as an adult.
A certification hearing for another juvenile, a 15-year-old charged with one count of unlawful use of a weapon and one count of armed criminal action, was scheduled for Thursday.
However on July 11, the family court administrative judge accepted the teen’s admission to committing the felony of unlawful use of a weapon by knowingly firing a firearm at a person, said Scott Lauck, public information officer for the Jackson County Circuit Court.
The Jackson County Juvenile Officer dismissed the second count of armed criminal action, and agreed not to seek to certify the youth to stand trial as an adult. As a result, further proceedings for the teen will remain in family court.
On Thursday, the judge will instead hold a 9 a.m. hearing at the Family Justice Center to determine what will happen to the teen following his admission, Lauck said.
The third teen was detained on gun-related charges that do not rise to the level of being tried as an adult.
This story was originally published July 22, 2024 at 2:54 PM.
