Man sentenced for his role in a drug-related shooting south of Fargo

Kyle McLeod (photo: Cass County Sheriff's Office)

FARGO (KFGO) – A Moorhead man has been sentenced for his role in a rural Cass County shooting last summer.  

Kyle McLeod pleaded guilty to accomplice to robbery and accomplice to aggravated assault. McLeod was involved in a drug deal that went bad and a co-defendant shot a man. The co-defendant, Starmaine Hoeper, has already been sentenced for his role in the shooting.

The victim called 911 and deputies found him along Highway 81 south of Fargo near the KFGO towers.  

McLeod will spend over two years in prison. He was sentenced to 10 years with seven years suspended and given credit for nearly a year already served.   

The victim survived the shooting.