Grand Jury Broadens Indictment Against Accused Chiefs Rally Shooter
The new filings increase the felony counts against Lyndell Mays and signal prosecutors will seek broader liability before his March 2027 trial.
Overview
- Jackson County officials announced a major update Friday when a grand jury returned a superseding indictment that expands the criminal case against Lyndell Mays with multiple new felony counts.
- Local reports describe the added charges variously as seven additional felonies and as 14 counts that include seven counts of second-degree assault and seven counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
- Mays was originally indicted on five charges including second-degree felony murder, causing catastrophe, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action.
- Court records show Mays admitted he drew and fired a gun at the Feb. 14, 2024 Chiefs victory rally and told investigators he acted “stupid,” a statement prosecutors have cited in building their case.
- Two co-defendants, Dominic Miller and Terry Young, have resolved their cases with weapons-offense pleas and two-year sentences, prosecutors cited Missouri’s Stand Your Ground law in Miller’s plea, and Mays’s trial is set for March 2027.