Family of second Kansas City shooting suspect also starts GoFundMe for medical bills: report
The family of the second suspect charged with murder in the Kansas City parade shooting appears to have set up two fundraisers to pay for his medical bills, just a day after it was revealed that the other gunman’s family tried to do the same, according to a report.
Dominic Miller, 18, who allegedly fired the gun that killed a mother of two at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration last week, saw about $85 donated for his medical expenses in a since-deleted GoFundMe page started by his older sister, Haylee Scott, the Daily Mail reports.
The page claimed that “time[s] would be tough” for Miller after he was struck during the chaotic gunfight that ensued when a group he was with took issue with the other accused gunman, Lyndell Mays, staring at them.
Along with the GoFundMe page, Miller’s mother, Jamie Batres, allegedly started another fundraiser on Classful to help her visit him while he’s in the hospital.
The page on Classful, a crowdfunding site meant to help teachers, describes Miller as a “Kansas City Chiefs victim 18 years old fighting for his life.”
The Classful fundraiser, which has raised no money as of Thursday evening, says Batres “needs help with a hotel, food, [and] transportation to get back and forth to the hospital” where Miller is reportedly in the ICU “fighting for his life.”
The fundraiser also included images of Miller, who had yet to be pictured, sleeping in a hospital bed with a breathing apparatus attached to him.
Donald Trent, Miller’s grandfather, told the Mail that his grandson was recovering from surgery after being shot in the abdomen.
Miller’s family could not be immediately reached for comment. GoFundMe and Classful did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment.
The fundraisers for Miller come just a day after the GoFundMe page for Mays, 23, was deleted as his mother, Teneal Burnside, asked people to help her son through a “tragic time.”
“Getting shot multiple times at a time that was [meant] to bring so much joy to so many has [brought] pain and sadness to all that was attending,” the now-deleted fundraiser said.
The fundraiser had reportedly raised $100 for Mays’ medical bills before it was taken down.
Both Mays and Miller were charged with second-degree murder, as well as two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.
Police noted that the bullet recovered from the victim’s body came from Miller’s 9mm handgun, according to court records.
The deceased was identified as Lisa Lopez-Galvan, with 22 others injured in the gunfight, including both shooters and 12 children.
Both Mays and Miller are currently being held on $1 million bonds.
