Lyndell Mays Admitted To Firing First Shots During Super Bowl Parade, Cops Say

Cops in Kansas Metropolis declare Lyndell Mays admitted he fired the primary photographs on the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade final week … earlier than he allegedly stated he “shouldn’t have done that.”

In keeping with court docket paperwork, Mays made the beautiful admissions to the Kansas Metropolis Police Division on Feb. 16 — two days after greater than 20 folks have been struck by gunfire whereas celebrating Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce‘s newest championship at Union Station.

Within the docs, a KCPD detective wrote that Mays was interviewed at an area hospital after affected by an obvious gunshot wound. Initially, the docs state Mays informed police he did not shoot at anybody following a dispute with a bunch of people on the parade — though when “Mays was confronted that we had surveillance video of the incident, he then changed his story.”

Mays, in response to cops, stated a bunch he was quarreling with had informed him, “I’m going to get you” … one thing that Mays apparently believed meant, “I’m going to kill you.”

Cops say Mays then informed them he shot first — “maybe two times.” Nonetheless, in response to the docs, Mays stated he initially hesitated to tug the set off “because he knew there were kids there.” The docs additionally state Mays wasn’t particularly concentrating on anybody when he in the end determined to fireplace, as a result of “they all could have had guns.”

“So he just randomly picked one of the individuals to target,” cops wrote within the paperwork.

Cops additionally famous within the docs that the individual Mays ended up capturing at was truly operating away from him.

“When asked why Lyndell Mays advanced on them to begin with, he replied, ‘Stupid, man,'” cops wrote within the paperwork. “‘Just pulled a gun out and started shooting. I shouldn’t have done that. Just being stupid.'”

Prosecutors introduced Tuesday that following officers’ talks with Mays, they hit him with costs of homicide within the second diploma, armed prison motion, and illegal use of a weapon.

Prosecutors additionally revealed Tuesday a person named Dominic Miller had been hit with the identical costs as nicely.

In keeping with court docket paperwork, authorities spoke with Miller over his alleged function within the capturing on Feb. 16 after they are saying they recognized by way of video and eyewitness statements that he was concerned within the argument that preceded the gunfire.

Cops say Miller — who was additionally at an area hospital recovering from obvious gunshot wounds — initially informed them he ran after listening to gunshots, and was struck within the stomach as he was making an attempt to hightail it away from the world. Nonetheless, the docs state when authorities informed them his actions have been filmed on video — he admitted to firing his Taurus G3 9mm handgun in the course of the altercation.

In keeping with the docs, Miller informed them that after he heard gunshots, “he observed a black male with dreads armed with a black handgun shooting at him.”

“Miller stated he returned fire with his own firearm,” cops wrote within the docs. “Miller estimated he fired 4-5 shots and was uncertain if he struck the individual he was shooting at.”

In keeping with the docs, a .38 caliber class bullet was recovered from the physique of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who died amid the capturing. Cops say detectives later found the bullet was fired from the Taurus G3 9mm gun that Miller had acknowledged that he possessed and shot.

Each Miller and Mays — who’re 23 years previous or youthful — are actually at the moment being held on a $1 million bond.

Beforehand, prosecutors hit two juveniles with charges over their connection to the capturing as nicely.