TAMPA - The trial for five men charged in the murder of a four-year-old girl in Tampa continued on Wednesday.

Suni Bell, 4, was shot and killed while riding in the car with her mother and uncle in August 2021.

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The backstory:

Prosecutors say the child was riding in the backseat of a car driving down Hillsborough Ave. on Aug. 22, 2021, when three cars pulled up and fired about 40 shots into the vehicle.

Andrew Thompson, James Denson, Jaylen Bedward, Quadarious Hammond, and Zvante Sampson are charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

The state says Suni and her family were coming back from a celebration of life for a family member who had died, and they were headed

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