A St. Louis Circuit Court handed down a 22-year prison sentence to J.B. Loggins III yesterday, as part of a plea agreement in connection with a 2023 murder in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood, as reported by FOX 2 Now. The convicted, a 41-year-old man implicated in the death of Jason Palmer, was initially charged with first-degree murder and additional felonies.
According to court documents,, Loggins engaged in a heated argument with Palmer before drawing a firearm and shooting him in the neck. The altercation and subsequent fatal shooting were captured on video surveillance outside The Gardens at Renaissance Place apartments, detailed by KSDK. Loggins pled guilty to reduced charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in a plea arrangement with the prosecution.
During the court proceeding, Loggins offered an apology to Palmer's family for the actions that led to the latter's death at age 37. He was handed 19 years for the second-degree murder charge and an additional consecutive three-year term for armed criminal action, as per St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Further details revealed by prosecutors include an incident following the shooting, where Loggins was found to have given someone approximately 81 grams of methamphetamine to hold, which was then turned over to the authorities, according to charging documents.
