ST. LOUIS — On Wednesday, a St. Louis man was convicted in a 2019 shooting in north St. Louis that left a man dead.
Terrell Whiting, 42, was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 33-year-old Rafael Givens.
Givens was shot and killed on July 17, 2019.
Officers found him shot to death in the 9000 block of Halls Ferry Road, in the city's Baden neighborhood. Surveillance video captured the shooting, police said.
According to a court document, detectives received several tips from CrimeStoppers that helped them identify Whiting as the shooter.
Court documents said Whiting lived a few blocks from the crime scene and admitted to being in the area the night of the shooting.
He also admitted he was armed with his 9mm handgun but denied shooting anyone.
Further investigation revealed shortly after Givens’ murder, Whiting made a post on Facebook, ‘What’s the murder count in St. Louis at this moment anyone know!!! #igot3.’
His sentencing is scheduled for December. The mandatory sentence for this case will be life in prison without parole since prosecutors didn't seek the death penalty.
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