A third suspect has been charged in connection with the Missouri mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs parade in February.
Terry Young, 20, was charged with second-degree murder, unauthorized use of a firearm, and two counts of armed criminal action, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office reported on Thursday, March 21.
Two additional individuals, Dominic Miller, 18, and Lyndell Mays, 22, were charged last month with the same offenses in connection with the February 14 attack, which injured over two dozen people and murdered 42-year-old mother-of-two Lisa Lopez Galvan.
“Young and two other individuals walked up to an individual in another group,” when a verbal argument ensued, the prosecutor’s office stated.
After one person, thought to be Mr. Mays, pulled out a pistol, Young followed suit “and pointed it at and advanced toward the first individual.”
Meanwhile, court papers suggest that Mr. Miller may have fired the fatal shot that killed Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the sole person to die on the site.
The surveillance footage showed Mr. Young “appearing to shoot several times,” according to the office. Detectives recognized Young based on cell phone data and the “distinctive backpack” shown in the film.
“Everyone we’ve identified who discharged a firearm in response to the verbal altercation detailed here has been taken into custody,” Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said in a statement.
Miller and Mays are each being jailed on a $1 million bond, and prosecutors have demanded the same for Young.
The horrific shooting has resulted in a number of arrests around the state.
Earlier this week, the administration stated that three adolescents also face charges in Family Court.
In addition, three additional adults were charged: Fedo Antonia Manning, 22, Ronnel Dewayne Williams Jr., 21, and Chaelyn Hendrick Groves, 19. However, their criminal accusations do not name the guys as shooters on February 14, but rather focus on where they obtained their firearms.
According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri, at least two of the guns discovered after the massacre were unlawfully obtained or trafficked, as police claimed earlier this week.
“These cases highlight the significance of enforcing federal firearms laws,” US Attorney Teresa Moore said in a statement. “Stopping straw buyers and preventing illegal firearms trafficking is our first line of defence against gun violence.”
Despite the latest arrests, the prosecutor’s office stated that “due to the scope of this continuing investigation, additional charges are still expected.”
