A Bellefontaine Neighbors man will spend the rest of his life in federal prison for a north St. Louis shooting that killed two teenage women and ultimately claimed the life of an unborn child during a chaotic 2023 drug deal gone wrong.
U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Thursday sentenced 39-year-old Eddie Marcus Love to life in prison plus 15 years for opening fire after a failed attempt to buy marijuana on the 1900 block of Agnes Street in May 2023. Love admitted he was the one who started shooting. Two other teenagers, both pregnant at the time, were wounded. One later delivered by emergency C-section.
Long Federal Sentence After Deadly Night on Agnes Street
Judge Clark handed down the punishment in U.S. District Court after a sentencing hearing that focused heavily on Love's lengthy criminal record and his threats while in custody. Prosecutors said Love fatally shot two 18-year-old women and wounded two 17-year-olds at about 1:46 a.m. on May 7, 2023, near the 1900 block of Agnes Street, tying the violence to a botched marijuana purchase and the firing of a 9mm pistol. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri recorded the sentence on June 11, 2026.
Victims, Aftermath and a Shattered Car Ride
Local reporting identified the young women killed as 18-year-olds Asia Baker and Aaliyah Gibson. One of the surviving victims, described as about 10 weeks pregnant at the time of the shooting, later delivered a baby who lived. The other, roughly 30 weeks pregnant, lost her child about a month after the attack, according to FOX2.
Authorities said the teens had been riding in the back of a Volkswagen Passat when Love and his nephew drove them to the Agnes Street area following the attempted marijuana transaction. The case drew close attention from families and neighbors, many of whom followed the proceedings in federal court as prosecutors detailed what happened inside and around that car.
Judge Calls It a 'Killing Spree' and Points to Love's Past
In court, Judge Clark did not mince words. "Mr. Love essentially decides to go on a killing spree," he said, pointing to a criminal history that started when Love was a child. The judge also highlighted that Love had been out of prison less than a month when the shootings occurred, having just completed a 20-year sentence for robbery and armed criminal action.
Love's nephew and co-defendant, Charles Webster, was sentenced in May to 25 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, which also noted that the case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI.
Charges, Co-defendant and the Federal Angle
Love pleaded guilty in January to four federal counts, including conspiracy to distribute marijuana and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, prosecutors said. The federal case effectively took precedence over local charges and was structured to pursue firearms and drug-trafficking related counts, according to KMOV/First Alert 4.
The federal sentence closes the courtroom chapter of a case that rattled north St. Louis in May 2023, even as the loss of three young lives continues to fuel debate among families, neighborhood advocates and officials about gun violence and how parole decisions intersect with public safety.
