ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A man pleaded guilty in a 2022 fatal triple shooting in the City of St. Louis.

Eric Wooten, 28, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault in the Feb. 13, 2022, shooting in the 6200 block of N. Broadway.

Wooten was reportedly driving in a vehicle with Kevin Payne, 19, Florentino Pegues, 34, and a 16-year-old. The group had spent the day filming a music video. Prosecutors said Wooten pulled out a 9mm gun and shot all three people inside of the car.

Payne died at the scene. Pegues and the teenager were taken to the hospital. Pegues died in August 2022 from complications caused by the shooting.

Wooten will be sentenced on Oct. 10.

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