Trenton man admits to killing 9-year-old girl during shooting tied to Facebook dispute

Trenton, NJ – A New Jersey man has admitted he fatally shot a 9-year-old girl playing outside her home after opening fire at an intended target during a dispute that began on Facebook, prosecutors confirmed.

Isiah M. Roberts, now 23, pleaded guilty last week to aggravated manslaughter in the 2022 killing of Sequoya Bacon-Jones, a fourth-grade student who was struck by gunfire in a Trenton apartment courtyard.

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