St. Louis, MO – Christopher Channel was sentenced to 254
months in prison on charges of distribution of cocaine base and possession of a
firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, resulting in the killing of
Carrie Henderson-Shaw.
According to court documents, in the early morning hours of
January 3, 2010, Channel sold cocaine base to Henderson-Shaw at a local gas
station located at on South Broadway in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Channel was in possession of a firearm during
the drug transaction. After pulling off of the gas station lot, Henderson-Shaw
suffered two gunshot wounds, ultimately resulting in her death, while her
vehicle approached the entrance ramp to Interstate 55 from 7th Street. Channel
acknowledged that Henderson-Shaw was shot dead as a result of the drug
transaction.
Channel, 23, pled guilty in July 2014, to the above federal
charges and appeared today for sentencing before United States District Court
Judge Carol E. Jackson.
This case was investigated the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
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