Man Involved in Fatal Drive-by Shooting in Fargo in 2020 Pleads Guilty

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A change of plea for a Fargo man charged in a fatal drive-by shooting in 2020.

Joshua Brooks pleaded guilty to accomplice to murder in Cass County District Court.

A second charge of accomplice to aggravated assault was dropped.

According to court documents, Santino Marial was shot and killed in August 2020.

Marial was with two friends in a garage at an apartment complex in south Fargo during the shooting.

The two friends were not injured.

A cooperating defendant told investigators that Brooks organized the shooting and was the driver of the vehicle.

Multiple bullets were recovered from the scene.

A sentencing date has not been set.