A young man from Ohio, aged 24, has been sentenced to over 60 years behind bars following a violent incident that resulted in the death of a 12-year-old girl. The tragic event stemmed from a dispute over a social media post.

On Monday, Antawan Benson received a 67-year prison sentence for the fatal shooting of seventh-grader Isabella Carlos, which occurred last year in Dayton. This information was released by the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office via Facebook.

Benson, along with his sibling, Javen Conner, faced separate trials earlier this month, where they were found guilty of several charges, including murder, firing a weapon into a dwelling, felonious assault, and making threats.

Prosecutors revealed that on August 22, 2024, Benson and Conner confronted a woman in her car in Trotwood, due to a social media post about their cousin. The car was occupied by another woman and some children at the time.

In the early hours of August 23, 2024, the brothers unleashed gunfire from an AK-47 and AR-15, striking three homes. Isabella was asleep in one of these homes when the bullets struck.

Police responded to the home and first responders pronounced Isabella dead at the scene.

The brothers were indicted roughly two weeks after the shooting.

Judge Gerald Parker wanted Benson to know Isabella, who went by Bella, likely did not die instantly after being shot.

“It’s just gut-wrenching to try and comprehend the last few moments of Bella’s life,” Parker said, according to a courtroom report from Dayton-based ABC affiliate WKEF. “The testimony was she actually had moved from where she was sleeping. She was found half on the bed, half off the bed, which means she suffered, she struggled whether it was for a couple minutes. I hope you understand that.”

Parker lamented the fact that Benson and Conner posted on Facebook a photo of the empty clips from their weapons after the shooting. The judge called it a “sense of false bravado.”

“Y’all soft, all of y’all are weak. All of y’all soft in those pictures,” he said, per local CBS affiliate WHIO.

Isabella’s obituary called her a “beautiful and intelligent young lady.” Her aunt Donnetta Dewberry spoke at the sentencing hearing about the impact Isabella’s death has had on her family.

“My niece was laying there sleeping, getting ready for school the next day. We will never get to [see] Bella go to prom, her first love, her first date, anything,” said Dewberry.

She added: “You and your brother did somethin’ that will never be able to be taken back. Never be able to be taken back. I feel bad for your family. I feel bad for you, and I ask God to have mercy on you and your life.”

Conner is slated to be sentenced on Jan. 8.