Grand jury adds 14 additional charges in shooting after Chiefs Super Bowl rally

Ben Wheeler and Jack Harvel, The Kansas City Star on Aug 28, 2026

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced her office has filed additional criminal charges against Lyndell Mays, one of three adults accused in the mass shooting outside Union Station following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally on Feb. 14, 2024.

Mays was originally charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action and causing a catastrophe.

Johnson said that a grand jury approved a superseding indictment on Thursday. The indictment replaces the original charges filed against Mays in 2024. Mays attorney did not immediately return requests for comment.

Mays now faces seven counts of second-degree assault and seven counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, in addition to the charges he faced in the original indictment.

“This superseding indictment keeps each one of those charges and adds seven counts of second degree assault and seven counts of first degree endangering the welfare of a child,” Johnson said.

Each endangerment charge is punishable by five to 15 years in prison. The assault charges are punishable by one to seven years prison sentences. Mays is currently set for trial on March 29.

“We charge a defendant for harm we believe we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt,” Johnson said.

Prosecutors have alleged that an argument between two groups escalated into gunfire in the crowded celebration.

Investigators have previously said Mays pulled out a handgun and fired first, prompting others to return gunfire. Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a 43-year-old mother, wife and local DJ, was killed, while roughly two dozen other people, including several children, were struck by gunfire and dozens more were injured in the chaos.

His case has remained pending while the other two adults charged with murder, Dominic Miller and Terry Young, ultimately pleaded guilty to lesser gun charges. Mays’ trial is set for March 29.

Miller and Young each received two-year prison sentences but were released shortly after accepting the plea agreement. Both received credit for time served as part of their sentences.

Johnson has repeatedly said Missouri’s self-defense laws made it difficult to sustain murder charges in those cases, particularly because prosecutors could not prove Miller or Young initiated the confrontation.

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