Previous coverage from 2023: Brooksville man accused of sexual battery hired men to kill teen girl: DOJ

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — Two men are facing life sentences after a jury found them guilty of a murder-for-hire plot that ended in the shooting death of a 17-year-old girl, U.S. Attorney Greg Kehoe said.

The crime happened in February of 2023, when the teen, identified only as "I.S.," and her mother reported to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office that the girl had been sexually assaulted. The following day, Sheldon Robinson, then 20, came to their home and knocked on the door.

As soon as the door was opened, Robinson fired "a barrage of gunshots" at the girl and her mother. Kehoe said the bullet that killed I.S. was the one that struck her in the back as she ran for cover. Her mothe

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