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<\/div>\nHe shot a 5-year-old in the neck and shoulder<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A teenager from Oklahoma has been sentenced as an adult to more than 50 years in prison for shooting a 5-year-old girl in the neck as part of gang initiation. The baby-faced boy named Noah Ney was sentenced on October 23 for all 10 ten charges against him, including firearm possession, shooting with intent to kill, and drug possession, ABC News <\/em><\/a>reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 4-foot, 9-inch tall boy was arrested last year for a drive-by-shooting that he testified was supposed to be an initiation into a gang.\u00a0<\/p>\n He shot a 5-year-old in the neck and shoulder while she was playing inside her home. He wanted to be initiated into the Hoover Crips gang which terrorises the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The five-year-old was transported to hospital by EMSA because of the severity of her injuries and a difference of an inch or two in the penetrating gunshot wounds to the child could have resulted in her death.,’ Attorney Morgan Medders said.<\/p>\n The 16-year-old made headlines again when he escaped the Juvenile Detention Center in August. However, he was caught and was taken into custody days later.<\/p>\n Prosecutors said that during his time at the Juvenile detention center, the accused assaulted staff flooded his cell and smeared feces on the walls, the New York Post <\/em><\/a>reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n The defence lawyer says that his parents are to be blamed for his behaviour and he was denied treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n His aunt testified that Ney has been neglected his whole life by his parents, who have been in and out of prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n The prosecutor maintained that the 16-year-old boy is dangerous and should be out of the streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI have treatment records in a packet that is thicker than a dictionary that show treatment attempts that he rejected, by escaping or assaulting staff that was there to help him get treatment,\u201d Medders said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n