Warner pleaded guilty earlier this year to first-degree murder and use of a firearm charges in connection with the December 30, 2022 shooting. Two other charges were set aside.

Family members of P'Aris attended the sentencing at Hopewell Circuit Court, remembering the young girl who was just days away from her ninth birthday when she was shot and killed while riding her bike.

"Remember her for all the good times," ," said Lesha Moore Barnes, aunt of P'Aris. "Her laughter, jokes."

"All she wanted to do was dance. She was all about a good time and get out of line," said Chantel Moore, another aunt of P'Aris.

"We going to miss all of that. We just going to miss them. But we do have -- we just going to carry her memory on forever," said Tasha Moore, also an aunt of P'Aris.

The family expr

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