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3 Milwaukee men charged in girl’s killing

By: Associated Press//August 15, 2017//

3 Milwaukee men charged in girl’s killing

By: Associated Press//August 15, 2017//

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors have charged three Milwaukee men in last year’s fatal shooting of a 9-year-old girl struck by a bullet as she watched TV.

Thirty-two-year-old Otha Jose Brown Jr. 21-year-old Damonta Jennings and 25-year-old Tony Powell Jr. are all charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the killing of Za’Layia Jenkins. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Brown and Powell are in custody, and an arrest warrant is out for Jennings.

Za’Layia was inside a relative’s home in May 2016 when she was hit by a bullet fired from outside.

The complaint says the suspects fired at the home after a woman scolded them for taking part in an apparent drug sale. The men drove off, but when they returned, someone fired at the car and a gunfight broke out.

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