Miami Herald

Everybody Eats gang member killed a man and fired at FBI agent. He was just sentenced

- BY JAY WEAVER jweaver@miamiheral­d.com

A 24-year-old Miami gang member was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of fatally shooting someone who drove by his house and of firing shots at an undercover FBI agent during two separate incidents in 2020.

Geno St. Flerose was sentenced Friday in Miami federal court by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom for murder and several other related crimes.

St. Flerose, a member of the Everybody Eats gang, chased the first victim for four blocks before shooting 13 rounds into his car, striking him three times in April 2020, a jury found at his trial in February.

The victim was 22 years old.

Then in June 2020, the FBI agent was doing surveillan­ce in St. Flerose’s neighborho­od when the gang member saw the agent’s car, according to trial evidence. St. Flerose ran into the street and fired multiple shots at the car, hitting the vehicle but not the agent, the jury found.

Investigat­ors also discovered that St. Flerose had hundreds of people’s personal ID informatio­n, such as Social Security numbers.

He was arrested in July 2020, court records show.

At trial, St. Flerose was found guilty in a 23-count indictment of murder in aid of racketeeri­ng, assaulting a federal lawenforce­ment officer, dischargin­g a firearm during a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He was also found guilty of aggravated identity theft.

St. Flerose’s case, investigat­ed by the FBI and U.S. Secret Service, was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami.

Jay Weaver: 305-376-3446, @jayhweaver

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