St. Louis, MO – Braland Norman was sentenced to 78 months in
prison on charges involving the December 2013 shooting on Delmar Avenue, in St.
Louis.
According to the facts filed with the court, on December 29,
2013, Norman was the passenger in a vehicle headed southbound on Skinker but
stopped at a red light at Delmar. As his
vehicle was stopped, a blue SUV came up behind it and an individual got out and
fired numerous rounds into Norman’s vehicle.
Norman was shot in his back and the driver, Allie Harper was shot
numerous times. The shooter got back
into the SUV which then left the scene.
Harper then drove his vehicle through the intersection and proceeded to
run into a vehicle headed westbound on Delmar. Harper remained in the car but
Norman climbed out of the vehicle through the rear window which had been shot
out, and took his 9mm Semi-automatic pistol with 27 rounds in the
magazine. Norman ran from the scene
eastbound on Delmar, discarded the firearm under a vehicle which was parked
right outside of the Moonrise Hotel, entered the hotel and went into the men’s
room. After trying to clean up a bit as
he was bleeding, he left the restroom and convinced the valet that he left
something in his car which the valet had just parked for another patron. The valet gave Norman the keys and without
permission of the owner, Norman left the parking lot with the vehicle. The stolen vehicle was recovered on January
25, 2014.
With his plea Norman admitted that he was a previously
convicted of a felon, and as such is forbidden by law to own or possess a
firearm.
Norman, 28, St. Louis City, pled guilty last April to one
felony count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and appeared today
for sentencing before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry.
This case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan
Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives. Assistant United States
Attorney Tom Mehan handled the case for the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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