'They knew exactly what they were doing': Florida men went on a 'hunt' and killed 4-year-old girl in a hail of gunfire
Story by Colin Kalmbacher • 16h
A group of five Florida men may be spending the rest of their lives behind bars for the drive-by shooting death of a 4-year-old girl.
On Wednesday, Andrew Thompson, 26, James Denson, 28, Jaylin Bedward, 26, Quandarious Hammond, 32, and Zvante Sampson, 34, were found guilty by a jury of their peers in Hillsborough County on counts of murder in the first degree, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and firing a gun into an occupied vehicle.
The incident took the life of 4-year-old Suni Bell and endangered the child's uncle and mother, who were also in the car when a fusillade of bullets was unleashed that fateful day.
"Suni Bell should have just started third grade, laughing, learning, and enjoying all the things she loved," 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Suzy Lopez said in a press release. "She lit up every room with her singing in church, her dancing, and her favorite LOL dolls. She was a protective big sister and a daughter who adored her parents."
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On Aug. 22, 2021, Suni and her family were driving along Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. The girl was in the backseat of the silver Infiniti eventually tailed by three other vehicles, gas station surveillance footage showed. When the trio finally caught up, dozens of shots were fired at Suni's family – a lone bullet striking and killing the little girl.
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