Crime & Safety
Mom, Daughter Accused Of Killing 13-Year-Old Arrested In Delaware
Isis Wallace and Nichole Brooks, both of Bluefield, West Virginia, are charged with first-degree murder in the girl's shooting death.
DOVER, DE — A mother and daughter who police say killed a 13-year-old girl in West Virginia were arrested Wednesday night at a Delaware hotel, according to a report.
Isis Wallace, 22, and Nichole Brooks, 43, both of Bluefield, West Virginia, were arrested by U.S. marshals at a hotel in Dover, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported. Both women are charged with first-degree murder in the March 23 shooting death of the girl.
Authorities said the girl was injured when Wallace fired a gun at her boyfriend, who was in a vehicle with the girl and an adult woman, the Daily Telegraph reported. The girl died from her injuries the next day.
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U.S. marshals were offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of both Wallace and Brooks, making the total bounty $10,000.
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