First Alert 4 – A man will spend 15 years in prison for his role in a crash that killed five family members in St. Louis in 2022.

Walter Burton Jr., 22, was a passenger inside a stolen Jeep Cherokee on May 6, 2022, linked to vehicle break-ins in the St. Louis area, according to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office. Marshawn Stepney, 22, was the driver, and Jaylen Holland, 21, was also a passenger.



The office said that while police were conducting surveillance, officers saw the stolen car weave through traffic at a high rate of speed before sideswiping an Infiniti near Delmar Boulevard and Union Boulevard. Burton Jr. fired shots from the car while the Infiniti attempted to follow the Jeep.

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