WASHINGTON, Pa. — Three of four men accused in the shooting death of a 10-year-old Washington girl entered into plea agreements Friday.
Ta'Niyah Thomas was killed inside a home on West Chestnut Street on March 31, 2014.
Police said shots were fired through the door of the second-floor apartment she shared with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend.
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Ta'Niyah was running from her bedroom when two bullets struck her.
Anthian Goehring, 29, pleaded guilty to charges of third-degree murder and robbery.Malik Thomas, 21, and Richard White, 19 pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit murder and robbery.
Prosecutors said Goehring and the fourth suspect, 19-year-old Douglas Cochran Jr., fired the shots while White and Thomas waited in a car outside.
After Friday's court hearing, Ta'Niyah's father told Channel 11's Cara Sapida that he did not support the plea deals.
“This is not justice for my daughter,” Curtis Thomas Jr. said. “I think it’s ridiculous. If this is what Washington County thinks my 10-year-old daughter’s life is worth, this is a sad society.”
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Cochran did not accept a plea deal. He will go to trial in July on charges including criminal homicide and reckless endangerment.
Sentencing for the three who pleaded guilty Friday will also be in July. Their possible sentences range from six to 12 years to 50 to 100 years.
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