MONROE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – A jury found three men guilty on Wednesday in the 2021 drive-by shooting that killed 13-year-old Bay’Asia Loyalti Allah, court records confirm.

On November 5, 2025, Jamerik Garmon, Darius Roland, and Jamarius McLain were convicted of first-degree murder in Union Superior Court. A fourth suspect, Jarmari Crowder, was acquitted.

Allah, described by friends and neighbors as a bright and caring girl, was sitting at a picnic table along Icemorlee Street when she was shot and killed in July 2021.

Police Chief Brian Gillard said the shooting stemmed from a retaliation between two groups. A SUV had driven by the area when someone from the vehicle started shooting. Allah was shot and transported to the hospital, where she tragically passed away.

Sentencing detai

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