Man sentenced to prison for spring 2025 shootings files appeal

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man who was found guilty earlier this year for felonies connected with a pair of 2025 shootings has filed an appeal.

Joshua Abrams, 24, was found guilty of unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He was previously charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to three years in prison for one charge, 300 days in jail for the other and was given credit for time served.

He was sentenced on Monday, the same day he filed the appeal.

Court documents in previous reporting indicate Abrams is accused of being one of multiple shooters downtown early on the morning of April 13, 2025, where a Columbia Police Department vehicle was hit.

Abrams is also suspected in a May 1 shooting on Clark Lane. Officers found shell casings and bullet holes in the ground in the area where shots were heard, the statement says. Witnesses in the statement claim Abrams fired a gun after an argument, the documents say.