Man Admits Shooting at Undercover St. Louis Police Officer

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis man on Tuesday admitted shooting at an undercover St. Louis Police officer who was investigating drug sales.

Anthony Stallworth, 25, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count each of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, distribution of fentanyl and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Stallworth admitted selling 28 capsules containing fentanyl to an undercover officer on Oct. 10, 2019. Five days later, the officer contacted Stallworth to buy more fentanyl. Stallworth met with the officer, then had that officer follow him in his Mercedes SUV. At one point when the officer was stopped at a stop sign, Stallworth suddenly stopped, stuck a gun out of his window and fired two shots in the direction of the officer’s vehicle before speeding away.

Later, in the summer of 2023, officers spotted Stallworth engaging in drug transactions in the 4700 block of Wilcox Avenue in St. Louis. Officers conducted a court-approved search of an apartment there and found Stallworth along with 450 grams of meth, 86 grams of fentanyl, a 10mm pistol and drug paraphernalia.

Stallworth is scheduled to be sentenced on September 9. Due to mandatory minimum sentences, he will face at least 15 years in prison.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Szczucinski is prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.