A man from St. Louis County has admitted to shooting four teenagers in St. Louis in 2023, resulting in the deaths of two women and, later, a baby. Eddie Marcus Love, 38, entered a guilty plea on Thursday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to four felony charges: conspiracy to distribute marijuana, discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, being a felon in possession of ammunition, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to court documents, the incident began on May 6, 2023. One of the victims contacted Love for help buying marijuana and arranged for her friends to be picked up so they could visit a bar as well. Charles Webster drove while Love sat in the passenger seat; the victims were seated in the back.
After unsuccessful attempts to buy marijuana twice, tensions rose between Love and the victims. When they expressed frustration near Agnes Street, Love ordered them out of the car and shoved one woman who told him she was pregnant. He then used a 9mm semiautomatic pistol to shoot at them as they walked away—killing two 18-year-old women and injuring two 17-year-olds.
Love then told Webster to drive around the block before returning to shoot one wounded victim twice more in the head. This victim was ten weeks pregnant; her child survived uninjured. The other wounded teenager was thirty weeks pregnant; her baby was delivered by emergency C-section but died about a month later due to gunshot wounds.
On May 12, investigators searched Love’s home with court approval and found evidence including the Volkswagen Passat used during the crime, communications between Love and one victim on his phone, clothing worn during the incident by both men, cartridge casings matching those at the scene, three firearms with related magazines and ammunition, and blood-stained shoes containing DNA from one victim. As a convicted felon, Love was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
Webster previously pleaded guilty to related charges including conspiracy involving controlled substances and firearms offenses; he is scheduled for sentencing in May.
Love’s sentencing is set for June 11; federal prosecutors plan to recommend a fifty-year prison term.
The case was investigated by both the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Angie Danis and Don Boyce are handling prosecution.
