HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio —

A man has pleaded guilty to in connection with the shooting death of a 9-year-old girl in Silverton in 2023.

Qasseem Dixon pleaded guilty in court Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter for the shooting of 9-year-old Da'Myiah Barton-Pickens. Advertisement

wlwt Dixon in court Tuesday

He was sentenced to 30-35 and a half years in prison.

The shooting happened on Plainfield Road on July 10, 2023 just after 11:30 p.m. Officials say it was a drive-by shooting, where 30 rounds were fired in a home.

Two girls and a woman were inside at the time of the shooting, including 9-year-old Da'Myiah Barton-Pickens, who was struck and killed.

Latashia Copeland, Barton-Pickens grandmother, spoke at the sentencing about the night of the shooting. She was inside the home when the

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