3 plead guilty in shooting of 10-year-old

Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Pa.

Three of the four western Pennsylvania men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 10-year-old girl during a home invasion last year have pleaded guilty.

Authorities say 29-year-old Anthian Goehring pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree murder and robbery. Malik Thomas, 21, and Richard White, 19, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and robbery.

They’re set to be sentenced July 10.

The fourth man is Douglas Cochran Jr., 19. His homicide trial is scheduled for July 6.

Police say the men planned to rob Robert Lester, who lived with Taniyah Thomas’ mother. Police say Goehring and Cochran fired shots through a door during the home invasion. The girl had woken up and was hit in the head as she ran to her mother’s bedroom.