Kaheem Coker, 19, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and conspiracy charges on July 1 for his role in the June 2023 shooting of a 5-year-old and his grandfather. He was sentenced to 7 ½ to 15 years in prison. As part of a negotiated deal, 19 other charges were tossed.
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Two men charged with shooting a 5-year-old boy and his grandfather at a Philadelphia gas station last summer have pleaded guilty to some offenses in a deal with prosecutors.
Prosecutors say Antwan Grimes, 22, Keon Smith, 23, and two others shot at a car more than five dozen times last June — and struck another car carrying the little boy and his grandfather who were with the boy's father.
The child was shot in the arm. His 71-year-old grandfather was critically injured and is still recovering.
Grimes and Smith pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and conspiracy. Attempted murder and the rest of the more than a dozen charges were dismissed.
Each man was sentenced to 7 1/2 to 15 years behind bars.
