{"id":81203,"date":"2026-04-21T08:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/new-jersey-man-admits-to-killing-girl-9-in-crossfire-of-stupid-beef\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:03:16","slug":"new-jersey-man-admits-to-killing-girl-9-in-crossfire-of-stupid-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/new-jersey-man-admits-to-killing-girl-9-in-crossfire-of-stupid-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Man Admits to Killing Girl, 9, in Crossfire of Stupid Beef"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A New Jersey man admitted to killing a 9-year-old girl while she was playing outside in an apartment courtyard with her brother and friends after he opened fire on a \u201cfamily nemesis\u201d in 2022.<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s family and shooter Isiah M. Roberts<\/strong>\u2019 lawyer said that the shooting was related to a \u201cstupid\u201d Facebook beef.<\/p>\n

Roberts, who was 19 years old at the time of the incident, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter for the death of fourth grade student Sequoya Bacon-Jones.<\/p>\n

Roberts\u2019 attorney, John W. Hartmann<\/strong>, reportedly details the events that led to the shooting during a court hearing on April 16. Hartmann said that the altercation stemmed from a Facebook feud that started on the same day as the shooting, according to NJ.com.<\/p>\n

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Hartmann said that Roberts, now 23, was contacted by his mother and sister over the online argument. He was told to \u201cget down to Kingsbury,\u201d where the shooting took place, after a fight broke out over the Facebook feud that involved his sister. Upon his arrival, Roberts was given the name of a \u201cfamily nemesis\u201d that police believe was his intended victim.<\/p>\n

Roberts got a 9 mm pistol from an apartment and found the \u201cfamily nemesis\u201d outside, whom he believed also had a handgun. Hartmann said that Roberts opened fire, striking Bacon-Jones as she tried to run away with her brother. Their mother and other residents attempted to give her aid before police arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n

Hartmann insisted that Roberts did not intend to harm Bacon-Jones. However, he said that his client did show reckless disregard for human life that warranted the manslaughter charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe shot off two rounds first, everybody scattered, and then he shot off another four rounds and my daughter got hit,\u201d the victim\u2019s mother, Sacha Bacon-Jones<\/strong>, said in a 2022 interview with KYW. \u201cI run up and my baby is laying on the ground covered in blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sacha added that her daughter was her \u201clittle girl\u201d before she further recalled the incident. \u201cShe\u2019s not crying at all, she\u2019s just like moaning and she\u2019s reaching for me and I\u2019m like I can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m looking at,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not really happening, but it\u2019s really happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

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