Teenager accused in October shooting pleads guilty, sentenced to probation
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A teenager who was accused in an October shooting in Columbia pleaded guilty on Monday to a pair of felonies.
Derek Reynold, 19, pleaded guilty in Boone County to second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to supervised probation, which comes with a 15-year suspended sentence.
According to court documents from previous reporting, Reynold and Amare Carter, 19, along with two juveniles were arrested for their alleged roles in a shooting near Godas Drive and Valley Creek Lane. Two vehicles and a residence containing 10 people were hit by bullets. A witness alleged they were with Reynold and Carter when they planned the shooting.
The vehicle the two were in crashed and Reynold allegedly told police that he did not have a gun.
Carter was charged with first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A plea hearing in his case is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
