
FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – A Fargo man who has pleaded guilty for his role in a fatal drive-by shooting in 2020 has been sentenced.
Joshua Brooks was given a 40-year sentence but will be eligible for parole after serving 23 years and six months.
Brooks pleaded guilty to being an accomplice to murder. An aggravated assault charge was dropped earlier as part of the plea deal.
According to court documents, Santino Marial was shot and killed in August 2020.
Marial was with two friends in a garage at an apartment complex in South Fargo during the shooting.
The two friends were not injured.
A cooperating defendant told investigators that Brooks organized the shooting and was the driver of the vehicle.
Multiple bullets were recovered from the scene.
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