Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting suspect faces court as he makes a push to be released on bond despite murder charge that came just days after his probation ended in another gun case

One of the accused shooters at the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade has faced court for the first time, charged with murder.

Lyndell Mays, 23, briefly appeared in Jackson County Circuit Court on Monday and Tuesday after being released from the  hospital.

He is accused of firing the first shots in an exchange of gunfire that killed Lisa Lopez-Galvan and wounded two dozen others on February 14 during the celebrations of the team's Super Bowl win. 

Mays first appeared in court on Monday, but the case was put off until Tuesday as his lawyer John Reed was unable to be in court. He was in court for a bond hearing, which if lowered, could put him back on the streets.

The shooting happened days after Mays was released from probation in connection to a previous gun case. 

Lyndell Mays, 23, briefly appeared in Jackson County Circuit Court on Tuesday after being released from the hospital. He is charged with murder in connection to the deadly Super Bowl parade shooting

Reed, the  assigned public defender from the law firm Kelly, Reed & Jansen, had the case adjourned until March 11 so he could review it.

Mays, also charged with two counts of armed criminal action, was held in Jackson County Jail as he was not able to pay the $1 million cash-only bail.

He is charged with second-degree murder along with Dominic Miller, 18, and two teenage boys face related firearms crimes and resisting arrest.

Mays did not fire the shots that killed Lopez-Galvan, but Missouri law allows murder charges against anyone involved in a fatal felony.

Miller is yet to face court because he is still in hospital being treated for gunshot wounds he suffered during the shooting.

Prosecutors allege Mays confessed to his part in the crime after being shown surveillance footage of him drawing his pistol and firing first.

'Stupid, man. Just pulled a gun out and started shooting. I shouldn't have done that. Just being stupid,' the indictment alleged he told police.

Mays, also charged with two counts of armed criminal action, was held in Jackson County Jail as he was not able to pay the $1 million cash-only bail

John Reed, the assigned public defender from the law firm Kelly, Reed & Jansen, had the case adjourned until March 11 so he could review it

Mays did not fire the fatal shots, but Missouri law allows murder charges against anyone involved in a fatal felony

Mays and his friends got into an argument with four teenagers after they demanded to know why he was 'looking at' them.

Footage showed Mays aggressively approach them as his sister tried to hold him back. He then pulled out a pistol and fired at them.

Some of the other group drew guns and returned fire as Mays chased after an unarmed teenager while shooting at him. Mays was eventually shot and fell down. 

He claimed to have only fired his gun twice, but how many times he actually shot was unclear as there were only seven bullets left in a Glock 9mm pistol found where he fell, which can hold 15 rounds.

The gun was earlier reported stolen from Kansas City. 

He told police 'they all could have had guns so he just randomly picked one of the individuals to target because he was in fear of [his sister's] life'.

'Mays confirmed that he drew a gun first, in a crowd of people with kids, picked one of the individuals in the group at random, and started shooting, all because they said, 'I'm going to get you' and to him, that meant, 'I'm going to kill you',' the indictment read. 

Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother-of-two and popular radio DJ, was killed in the crossfire

Half of the 24 people wounded in the shooting were under 16

His sister insisted to DailyMail.com that Mays was 'innocent' and 'protecting her'.

'For them to make my brother out to be a monster, it really hurts me inside because he was only trying to protect us,' she said.

'He doesn't deserve to be thrown in it like that. My brother is tall and broad, he's hefty. They were young kids and little guys, trying to prove a point. 

'They had been looking at him, and they approached us, they walked closer they had been staring at him. We can see that they have guns in their pockets.

'We never walked up to them, they walked up to us.'

'One boy I asked how old he was, and he said he was 15. I tried to say we're here to celebrate, we're not here to fight or start violence.

'They had been looking at him, and they approached us, they walked closer they had been staring at him. We can see that they have guns in their pockets.

'We never walked up to them, they walked up to us. One boy I asked how old he was, and he said he was 15. I tried to say we're here to celebrate, we're not here to fight or start violence.'

A woman with a large cut on her face was seen being stretchered away from the scene 

She added that the ringleader of the group said 'you better get him' to his friends, before she tried to calm the situation.

'I turned around and I heard the gunshots, and it was in slow motion,' she told DailyMail.com.

'Everything was happening and I was trying to get out of harm's way but I do see my brother shooting back.

'The bullets were flying at him, he wasn't shooting at them he was just shooting. I see him fall to the ground. There was a nurse who helped us, and saved his life.'

His sister said Mays wasn't 'a monster' and shouldn't be charged with murder.

'My brother is a homeboy, he's not in the streets. He stays in the house with his girlfriend and cuddles. He is not a bad person,' she said.

'But at the same time who is going to be a protector for us. People don't understand what I witnessed, and I saw, however they released it they turned everything around and it makes me so angry.' 

Witnesses claimed that this man seen holding a bloodied hand over his mouth had been shot in the face during the fight

Mays' family set up a fundraiser before he was charged, but removed it over fear of retribution

Mays' family set up a fundraiser before he was charged, but removed it over fear of retribution. 

Pleading for cash, his mother Teneal Burnside wrote that Mays was going through a 'tragic time'.

'He is in ICU fighting for a recovery from several surgeries, from going to the Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration parade with his older sister,' wrote.

'Getting shot multiple times at a time that was ment (sic) to bring so much joy to many has bought (sic) pain and sadness to all that was attending.'  

His father added: 'What was he supposed to do with those guys coming up to him with semi-automatic weapons?'

'It wasn't his gun that killed the woman. We aren't safe, the hate they've been giving the other guy, that was innocent, he was receiving death threats.

People flee after shots were fired near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade on February 14

'What do you think we are going to get. It's a nightmare.

'Our son is not that kind of guy, he's a kindhearted guy who got caught up in a bad situation. He got scared because of those guns.' 

Mays was arrested on April 21, 2021, for pulling out a handgun during an argument while playing basketball.

He was found guilty on February 8, 2022, and sentenced to five days of shock probation in addition to time served by a county judge, as well as a fine, 90-day suspended sentence and was placed on two years of unsupervised probation. 

The 24 people injured range in age from eight to 47, according to police Chief Stacey Graves, half of them under 16.

Another 18 were injured in the stampede as parade attendees ran for their lives.