Court sentences 3 men to life in prison for shooting of 7-yr-old girl

A Shelby County district attorney has sentenced three men, 24-year-old Jordan Clayton, 22-year-old Branden Brookins, and 25-year-old Carlos Stokes to life in prison for the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl.

According to reports, the men who were involved in the shooting in retaliation for the fatal shooting of another girl were each handed a life sentence, plus more than 40 years.

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They were convicted in December of first-degree murder in the death of Kirsten Williams, who was shot in April 2015 while playing in the front yard of a home in Memphis.

Investigators said Kirsten was targeted. Stokes’ sister, 15-year-old Cateria Stokes, was shot in a drive-by shooting before Williams was slain.

 

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