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Man pleads guilty in shooting of 3-year-old girl
Daniel Tepfer
Published 6:42 pm, Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Anthony Small of Bridgeport, Conn. pleaded guilty to risk of injury to a minor and possession of a pistol without a permit before Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Small is scheduled to be sentenced March 28 in connection with the shooting of a 3-year-old Bridgeport girl on April 30, 2012. Photo: Contributed Photo
BRIDGEPORT -- It was a case that made national news -- a 3-year-old girl is shot in the back while walking home hand-in-hand with her mother from the grocery store in April 2012.
Although the shooters haven't been brought to justice, the intended victim of the gang-related shooting agreed Tuesday to accept a plea bargain of six years in prison.
Anthony "Wompy" Small, 22, pleaded guilty to risk of injury to a minor and possession of a pistol without a permit. Small is scheduled to be sentenced on March 28.
"He returned the gunfire and was running towards the mother and her young child," Assistant State's Attorney Ann Lawlor told state Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin.
Small has steadfastly refused to reveal the identities of the men shooting at him, even though police believe they were responsible for the earlier murder of Small's brother, Terik "Pig" Williams.
"Mr. Small feels terrible the girl suffered a devastating injury although not at his doing," Small's lawyer, Frank Riccio Jr., said later. "Sadly, the true culprits remain at large."
The little girl, whose name is being withheld by the Connecticut Post, was shot in the lower back about 5:30 p.m. as she walked hand-in-hand with her mother from the grocery store across from Bryant School. She survived after undergoing a series of surgeries.
Police spokesman William Kaempffer said it remains an open case.
The girl's mother told police she had been walking across Poplar Street with her daughter when she heard gunshots and saw a gray sedan pull up to the intersection with Maplewood Avenue.
She said there were four people in the car and two of them were leaning out of the car shooting over the roof at Small as he came running toward the mother and daughter, the affidavit states.
The mother said Small took cover behind a parked car near them while the men continued to shoot at him. One of the bullets struck her daughter and Small continued running down Poplar Street.
The mother was able to recognize Small because she had gone to Bassick High School with him, police said.
Although the mother was unable to say whether Small had a gun, police said other witnesses told them he was shooting back at the men in the gray sedan.
When police questioned Small, they said he admitted he had been shot at on Poplar Street. He said he had been walking with his brother, "Tone," when a gray rental car with two people in it pulled up and they began shooting at him, the affidavit states.
Police said Small admitted he had a .38-caliber revolver at the time, but didn't know what happened to it.
Man pleads guilty in shooting of 3-year-old girl
Daniel Tepfer
Published 6:42 pm, Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Anthony Small of Bridgeport, Conn. pleaded guilty to risk of injury to a minor and possession of a pistol without a permit before Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Small is scheduled to be sentenced March 28 in connection with the shooting of a 3-year-old Bridgeport girl on April 30, 2012. Photo: Contributed Photo
BRIDGEPORT -- It was a case that made national news -- a 3-year-old girl is shot in the back while walking home hand-in-hand with her mother from the grocery store in April 2012.
Although the shooters haven't been brought to justice, the intended victim of the gang-related shooting agreed Tuesday to accept a plea bargain of six years in prison.
Anthony "Wompy" Small, 22, pleaded guilty to risk of injury to a minor and possession of a pistol without a permit. Small is scheduled to be sentenced on March 28.
"He returned the gunfire and was running towards the mother and her young child," Assistant State's Attorney Ann Lawlor told state Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin.
Small has steadfastly refused to reveal the identities of the men shooting at him, even though police believe they were responsible for the earlier murder of Small's brother, Terik "Pig" Williams.
"Mr. Small feels terrible the girl suffered a devastating injury although not at his doing," Small's lawyer, Frank Riccio Jr., said later. "Sadly, the true culprits remain at large."
The little girl, whose name is being withheld by the Connecticut Post, was shot in the lower back about 5:30 p.m. as she walked hand-in-hand with her mother from the grocery store across from Bryant School. She survived after undergoing a series of surgeries.
Police spokesman William Kaempffer said it remains an open case.
The girl's mother told police she had been walking across Poplar Street with her daughter when she heard gunshots and saw a gray sedan pull up to the intersection with Maplewood Avenue.
She said there were four people in the car and two of them were leaning out of the car shooting over the roof at Small as he came running toward the mother and daughter, the affidavit states.
The mother said Small took cover behind a parked car near them while the men continued to shoot at him. One of the bullets struck her daughter and Small continued running down Poplar Street.
The mother was able to recognize Small because she had gone to Bassick High School with him, police said.
Although the mother was unable to say whether Small had a gun, police said other witnesses told them he was shooting back at the men in the gray sedan.
When police questioned Small, they said he admitted he had been shot at on Poplar Street. He said he had been walking with his brother, "Tone," when a gray rental car with two people in it pulled up and they began shooting at him, the affidavit states.
Police said Small admitted he had a .38-caliber revolver at the time, but didn't know what happened to it.
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