WARREN Man gets 7 year term for role in infant's shooting

Relatives of the child told the judge before sentencing that Little was 'heartless.'
By PEGGY SINKOVICH
VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF
WARREN -- A 22-year-old Youngstown man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in the shooting of a 13-month-old boy.
Brandon Little pleaded guilty in April to charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and felonious assault. He could have received up to 20 years in prison, court officials said.
Prosecutors say Little and his friend, Odomie Wellington, went into a Parkman Road S.W. home Sept. 2, 2000, and began shooting. The baby was seriously injured, police said.
Relatives of the infant told the judge before sentencing that Little was "heartless."
Wellington, 21, of Vollmer Drive, Austintown, pleaded guilty in August to charges of aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and felonious assault. He is to be sentenced later today.
Wellington's brother, Delainey, of Youngstown, also pleaded guilty in November 2000 to a felony charge of obstruction of justice for lying when he was questioned about the shooting. He was sentenced to five years' probation.
The baby, Kyreese Haymon, was shot during what police said was a robbery at his father's Parkman Road home.
Police were told that the child's 16-year-old baby sitter had brought the baby, Odomie Wellington and Little to the home around 8 p.m.
The baby sitter went into the house with the child, and the two men waited outside, police said.
The two men entered the home and attempted to rob Kyren Haymon, the child's father, police said. Once the two were inside the home, the shooting began.
Kyreese and Kyren Haymon were both wounded. The boy spent several weeks in a Pittsburgh hospital with head and chest wounds.
The baby sitter pleaded guilty in November 2000 to a charge of delinquency by way of obstruction of justice. She was given six months of house arrest and a six-month suspended jail sentence.
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