Facebook ‘Feud’ Led To Deadly Shooting Of Beloved 9-Year-Old Girl In Trenton: Prosecutor

A Facebook feud led to the deadly March shooting of a beloved nine-year-old girl in Trenton, authorities said, charging the gunman with several additional offenses.

SeQuoya Bacon-Jones and Isiah Roberts.
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Valerie Musson

06/30/2022 3:48 p.m.

Isiah Roberts, 19, is now charged with first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree aggravated assault, fourth-degree aggravated assault, and second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun in the shooting of Sequoya Bacon-Jones, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said following a seven-count indictment on Thursday, June 30.

Bacon-Jones was found bleeding on the sidewalk after being struck by a stray bullet in Kingsbury Square around 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 25, DailyVoice.com reported.

She died the next day at a New Brunswick hospital.

Roberts was being held in the Mercer County Correction Center pending trial.

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