Tennessee girl, 10, killed by stray bullet while on couch, 3 men arrested
The shooting was reportedly revenge for another shooting that injured a mal victim
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Three men are facing murder charges in connection with the death of a 10-year-old Tennessee girl who was killed after being hit by a stray bullet while sleeping on a couch.
Lillyhanna Davis was on a couch in her home near Elizabethton, Tenn., in the early morning hours of Nov. 17 when a bullet from a drive-by shooting went through a wall and struck her, the Carter County Sheriff's Office said. She later died at a hospital.
“They took an innocent baby’s life,” Mary Davis, the child's mother, told News Channel 11 reports. She didn’t deserve this. No one deserved this.”
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Authorities said 21 shots were fired in total, the Johnson City Press reported. Davis was struck in the head.
Two suspects -- 20-year-old Jediah Shane Glover and 18-year-old Jason Bryan Barber II -- were arrested Wednesday night. The third suspect, identified as Zachary Scott, 20, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon.
All three are charged with first-degree murder, criminal conspiracy, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony.
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Glover and Barber are each being held in the Carter County Detention Center on a $930,000 bond. Scalf has an initial bond of $900,000.
Court documents obtained by WCYB-TV said the shooting was in retaliation for an Oct. 31 shooting that injured a male victim.