The Georgia gentleman located responsible of killing a youthful child with a stray bullet in the vicinity of an Atlanta shopping mall in December 2020 has been sentenced to daily life in jail without having parole.

Daquan Reed was observed responsible on all counts by a Fulton County jury previously this month in relationship to the December 21, 2020, demise of 7-year-previous Kennedy Maxie.

The female was driving in the again seat of her aunt's auto soon after likely Christmas buying when Reed fired a gun in the Phipps Plaza parking ton, according to prosecutors. 

The prosecution experienced further claimed that Reed fired the weapon since he was angry he experienced just been robbed outside the house the shopping mall.

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Daquan Reed was sentenced for lifetime in jail for killing a 7-yr-previous lady exterior an Atlanta shopping mall a handful of times ahead of Xmas in 2020. (Atlanta Police)

The stray bullet went by means of the auto the female was driving in and strike her in the head. She was rushed to the clinic but died a number of times later on.

Reed's defense maintained that their client was harmless and urged jurors to thoroughly examine the evidence, WHD 5 Atlanta reported.

"We concur what took place to Kennedy Maxie is awful, but Daquan Reed is innocent," defense lawyer Nicole Fegan mentioned. "I'm confident that you may arrive again with a verdict that speaks the fact on behalf of Dequan Reed and which is that he is harmless. He is not responsible for each individual and each individual rely billed."

Kennedy Maxie was shot and killed outside an Atlanta mall following Christmas browsing with family. Her killer will serve lifetime in prison with no parole. (Atlanta Law enforcement)

Kennedy's mom, Mariah Maxie, and her aunt, Jade Maxie, testified in the course of the demo. They have been both in the motor vehicle when Reed fired the gun.

Reed was found guilty of felony murder, aggravated assault with a fatal weapon, legal hurt to residence, possession of a weapon in the fee of a felony and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

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"The defendant – like too quite a few individuals in culture currently – chose to act out his anger by means of gun violence, and as a end result, an harmless younger child shed her everyday living even though on a browsing excursion with her mother and aunt just a few times right before Xmas 2020," Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis explained in a assertion following the verdict.

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"Although almost nothing we do can undo this murder, we labored tirelessly to accomplish justice for Kennedy and her family members," Willis continued. "We hope that this conviction provides some solace to Kennedy’s family members and the local community that was so deeply hurt by this awful, senseless tragedy."