ST. LOUIS – A Jennings man facing an upcoming trial for a 2023 fatal road rage shooting reached a plea agreement Monday with the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office and was sentenced.

Angelo McNeal, 52, was initially charged with second-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, shooting a firearm at/from a motor vehicle, and two counts of armed criminal action.

The shooting happened on Interstate 70 in the city’s Walnut Park West neighborhood, just before 10 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said McNeal and a passenger, Barry Martin, were shooting at another car on the interstate. A bullet from McNeal’s gun struck Martin in the leg.

Police arrived in the 5900 block of Lillian Avenue and found Martin suffering from a serious gunshot wound. Paramedics rushed Martin to the hospital, where was pronounced dead. Martin was 45. McNeal was taken into custody.

McNeal, who had a prior felony conviction in Missouri, was prohibited from owning or possessing a gun.

McNeal agreed to plead guilty to unlawful possession of a gun for eight years in prison in exchange for a dismissal of the other charges. The judge overseeing the case accepted the terms of the plea agreement and sentenced McNeal.