Sentenced: Family Identifies 9YO Fatally Shot During Large Fight In Trenton, New Jersey

[Sugar Cookie]

Authorities are asking help from the public in finding the person responsible for the shooting death of a 9-year-old girl during a reported brawl in the downtown area of New Jersey's capital.

Mercer County authorities said Trenton police were called to a reported fistfight in a large crowd in the Kingsbury Square courtyard.

An alert was also received from the ShotSpotter system, officials said.

The girl, later identified as SeQuoya Bacon-Jones, was found with a single gunshot wound and rushed to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, then to Robert Wood Johnson New Brunswick Hospital, NJ.com reported.

She was pronounced dead shortly before midnight, authorities said.

Family friend Jessica Dexter says Bacon-Jones was a vibrant young girl who had her whole life ahead of her.

No other shooting injuries were reported.

Officials said private security officers were on the premises at the time of the shooting.

Family identifies 9-year-old fatally shot during large fight in Trenton, New Jersey

When police arrived, they found a large group of people outside a low-rise courtyard and a 9-year-old girl suffering from a gunshot wound.

6abc.com

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Trenton man admitted in court Thursday that he opened fire in an apartment complex courtyard, killing a 9-year-old girl as she ran for safety with others.

Isiah M. Roberts, 23, will spend the next 15 to 18 years in prison for taking the life of Sequoya Bacon-Jones in March 2022 as part of a plea bargain with the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.

The girl’s mother has described her daughter as smiley and outgoing, who brought home every permission slip from school because she wanted to be involved in all activities in and out of the classroom.

https://www.nj.com/mercer/2026/04/nj-man-admits-to-fatally-shooting-9-year-old-girl-hell-do-18-years.html

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A New Jersey man is headed to prison for gunning down a girl playing outside with her brother and friends — killing the 9-year-old in front of their mom — after opening fire on a "family nemesis" he was beefing with online.

Isiah M. Roberts, who was 19 at the time of the 2022 slaying, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Friday for the death of Sequoya Bacon-Jones, a fourth grader from Trenton who ran for cover after Roberts opened fire in an apartment courtyard where she was playing.

The shooting was related to a "stupid" Facebook beef that Roberts had with the intended target, according to the victim's family and the man's lawyer.

Roberts, now 23, pleaded guilty in April to aggravated manslaughter. He did not speak at his sentencing.

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/teen-shot-little-girl-playing-outside-in-front-of-her-mom-while-fuming-over-a-stupid-facebook-beef-now-he-is-headed-to-prison-for-years/

 

[Busy Bee]

what is wrong with these people!! The 18 year sentence is disappointing, the little girl had her whole life ahead of her!! He killed over a foolish fight, careless negligence! Once again, where is bent crumple and Al sharptongue ??