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NewsAugust 25, 2015

ST. LOUIS -- A 36-year-old St. Louis man has been sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of a man at Kiener Plaza. Steven Craig Rozier Jr. was sentenced Friday. He was found guilty last month of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, a gun charge and armed criminal action in the death of 29-year-old Mario Shackelford...

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ST. LOUIS -- A 36-year-old St. Louis man has been sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of a man at Kiener Plaza.

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Steven Craig Rozier Jr. was sentenced Friday. He was found guilty last month of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, a gun charge and armed criminal action in the death of 29-year-old Mario Shackelford.

Prosecutors say Rozier shot Shackelford on July 17, 2013, during an argument sparked at a birthday celebration when Rozier spilled beer inside a vehicle that evening.

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