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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. (Fox5) - The two men charged in the shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner plead not guilty in court at an arraignment hearing Tuesday morning.
Julian Jamal Conley, 20, and 24-year-old Jerrion Amari McKinney face 37 charges, including murder and aggravated assault for Secoria Turner's death.
Appearing via Zoom, Conley and McKinney pleaded not guilty to all charges as Turner's mother and father watched in court.
Conley and McKinney were charged with pointing AR-15 style guns at former NPU Y Chair Christopher McCord, just minutes before Turner was shot. That came out during the preliminary hearing for Conley.
According to police, Turner was riding in a Jeep with her mother and an adult friend when they turned off the Downtown Connector onto University Avenue slightly on the night of July 4, 2020.
Protestors had recently erected illegal barricades, according to authorities, encircling a nearby Wendy's that became a gathering point after Rayshard Brooks' death at the hands of an Atlanta police officer.
When the driver attempted to enter a liquor store parking lot on the 1200 block of Pryor Road, police say he was confronted by a group of armed individuals who had blocked the entrance. Authorities said at least two men fired multiple times at the vehicle, hitting Turner.
Conley had been arrested last year. GBI agents arrested McKinney in August.
Prosecutors say both Conley and McKinney are gang members who were involved in the violent demonstration.
Speaking into the press after the court proceedings, Turner's uncle said that they do not want revenge and simple want justice.
"The killers that did this have no remorse, but we know that God is intervening right now," Gregory Williamson said. "We don't believe in revenge because we let God handle everything. We just want the world to know is that we don't want revenge, we want justice. They took an angel from us."
The parents of Secoriea Turner have filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta over her death.
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