ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis man was sentenced to decades behind bars in connection with the shooting death of a man following a car crash in 2020.
On Friday, a judge sentenced Jynell Luss, 24, to 20 years in prison over the death of Adam Martin, who was killed at the age of 20.
Martin was fatally shot on July 18, 2020, near the intersection of Page and Goodfellow boulevards in St. Louis’ Hamilton Heights neighborhood.
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Prosecutors say the charges stem from a vehicle collision near that area. Luss was driving a stolen car with three others when he crashed into Martin’s vehicle. After the crash, Luss instructed Martin to follow him to a nearby alley. Moments later, Martin was fatally shot…