SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. - A Spalding County gang member has been sentenced to life in prison plus five years for the 2023 shooting death of 11-year-old Asijah Jones, who was killed by a stray bullet while sleeping in her bed.

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Kionta Parks, 23, of Griffin, pleaded guilty on Aug. 5 to multiple charges, including felony murder, aggravated assault, domestic terrorism, and violations of Georgia’s Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. Parks, a known member of the Zoo Krew gang with ties to the Rollin 20s Neighborhood Bloods, was sentenced in Spalding County Superior Court.

Authorities say Parks opened fire on a rival gang member's vehicle on March 13, 2023, as it entered Spalding Heights—an

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