Murder trials delayed in Chiefs Super Bowl rally mass shooting

Robert A. Cronkleton, The Kansas City Star on Dec 17, 2025

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jury trials scheduled for next year for the three men accused in the 2024 mass shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl rally outside Union Station have been postponed or are facing possible delay, court records show.

A judge has postponed one defendant’s case to 2027; another judge has continued a second defendant’s trial; and prosecutors are seeking to delay the trial of a third defendant, but that request is still pending.

On Tuesday, Jackson County Circuit Judge Bryan E. Round canceled the March 30, 2026, jury trial for 24-year-old Lyndell Mays of Raytown and rescheduled it for March 29, 2027, after his attorney requested the delay.

Mays faces charges of second-degree felony murder, two counts of armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and causing a catastrophe. He has remained in custody since March 2024, held in Jackson County jail on a $1 million cash-only bond.

Mays’ attorney, John A. Reed, requested the continuance last week, citing the “voluminous amount of discovery and evidence” in the case.

“The combination of local, state, and federal law enforcement involved, along with the dozens of witnesses identified by the State, necessitates additional time for review of the evidence and preparation all adding to the additional time needed to complete the discovery process,” Reed wrote in the motion.

The motion came days after prosecutors filed a witness list in the case. Reed said he would not be effective without a continuance.

Reed had an identical argument when he requested in July that an Oct. 6 trial for Mays be postponed. Round granted that request and moved the trial for March 30, 2026.

A few days after Reed requested more time in the Mays case, prosecutors asked to postpone the trials for 20-year-old Dominic M. Miller of Kansas City and 22-year-old Terry Young, who also face charges of second-degree felony murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action.

Jackson County Circuit Judge Kevin D. Harrell on Monday granted prosecutors’ request to continue Young’s trial, scheduled for March 2, 2026, and scheduled a hearing for April 30, 2026, to set a new trial date.

The request for a continuance of Miler’s trial, currently set to begin Jan. 12, 2026, is pending. A pretrial conference hearing is scheduled for Friday.

In their request for a continuance in Miller’s case, prosecutors noted that there are three co-defendants in the matter and that Mays’ case should “lead the way.”

In the Mays case, two months have been set aside for jury selection and trial, which will likely last more than two weeks, prosecutors wrote in the filing. If the case goes to trial, they expect to need similar measures for jury selection and scheduling in the other trials.

“Of note, this matter consists of over 3,000 pages of discovery and well over 5 terabytes of technology data,” prosecutors said in their filing.

Prosecutors charged the three men in connection with the mass shooting that erupted near the close of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration, killing 43-year-old Lisa Lopez-Galvan. About two dozen others were struck by gunfire, nearly half of whom were children under 16 years old, and about 60 others were injured in the chaos that followed.

Prosecutors contend the violence began when an argument escalated between two groups, with Miller and Mays allegedly on opposing sides. Both suffered gunshot wounds.

Prosecutors allege Mays pulled his handgun and fired first, but it was a bullet from Miller’s firearm that fatally struck Lopez-Galvan, according to court documents. Surveillance video allegedly shows Young drawing a gun and firing several times.

Under Missouri law, someone can be charged with murder even if they did not pull the trigger if a death occurs during the commission of a dangerous felony.

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