Isiah Roberts MERCER COUNTY, N.J. - A New Jersey man will face several charges after a nine-year-old girl was killed while playing outside with her brother in Trenton.Sequoya Bacon-Jones, 9, was playing with her brother and other friends outside when she was struck by gunfire in the Kingsbury Square courtyard on March 25.
She later died from her injuries at a hospital.RELATED COVERAGE: Trenton community mourns 9-year-old girl killed in shootingPolice say the shooting stemmed from a nearby argument between two women.
As the fight began, police say 19-year-old Isiah Roberts became involved in an altercation with another man. The situation escalated, and multiple shots were fired.
Roberts was later arrested when officers attempted to pull over a vehicle he was believed to have fled in. He was 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.