The man accused in a 2015 highway shooting spree that began in Warren County has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and still faces further prosecution.Reginald D. Adams, of Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty in March to eight felony charges out of St. Louis County. Circuit Judge Michael T. Jamison sentenced him Aug. 27. Over a dozen more felony charges against Adams await prosecution in Warren and St. Charles counties.The charges stem from a March 25, 2015, incident on Interstate 70 that injured at least two people and ended in a shootout with police in St. Louis County.The charges in St. Louis County included three counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer, one first-degree assault, and four counts of armed criminal action. The alleged highway shootings and police chase stretched from Warrenton to St. Ann, near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. In addition to the two people injured, multiple other vehicles were shot without injury.Cierra Palmer, of Hawk Point, was hospitalized after being shot through her left shoulder blade and sustaining a collapsed lung. She was shot near Wentzville Parkway in St. Charles County, while a child and another passenger were in the vehicle with her.Before that, Adams allegedly shot driver Matt Endsley of Decatur, Ill., 3 miles west of Warrenton. Endsley was struck in the right arm and chest.Authorities said Adams pulled up alongside other vehicles on eastbound I-70 and fired shots through his passenger window, intentionally targeting the drivers. St. Ann police said at the time that Adams told authorities he “snapped” over a relationship with a girlfriend. Adams allegedly said he was “tired of life” and tired of being a victim of everything.Adams was taken into custody in St. Ann after he jumped out of his vehicle and fired shots toward several officers who were chasing him. Officers returned fire and arrested the man. Neither Adams nor officers were shot.The charges awaiting Adams in Warren County are six counts of assault, including two with serious physical injury, as well as a count of discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle and five counts of unlawful use of a weapon.Adams was arraigned for the Warren County charges Nov. 14. His next hearing in Warren County Circuit Court is Dec. 19.

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