Taco John’s Shooter Pleads Guilty

A man accused of shooting an employee in the leg during a robbery at Taco John’s has pleaded guilty in federal court.

24-year-old Carl Smith of Fargo is charged with two counts, including use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

He faces a sentence between ten years and life in prison.

Smith is one of four people charged in the September 2015 robbery.

It was one of a rash of armed robberies in September that convinced federal prosecutors to take on some of the cases.