An Ohio man’s fate has been sealed with a prison sentence stretching over six decades, following a tragic incident triggered by a social media dispute. The 21-year-old, Javen Conner, will spend 64 years to life behind bars for his part in a shooting spree that claimed the life of 12-year-old Isabella Carlos, who was killed while she slept.

The grim details of the case were outlined in the Dayton Daily News, reporting on Conner’s sentencing last Thursday. Just a month prior, Conner and his brother, Antawan Benson, aged 24, were convicted in separate trials. Their charges included murder, discharging firearms into homes, felonious assault, and aggravated menacing. Benson received a slightly longer sentence of 67 years, as confirmed by the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office in a statement.

The sequence of events leading to this tragedy began on August 22, 2024, when Benson and Conner confronted a woman in Trotwood over a contentious social media post involving their cousin. At the time, the woman was in her car, accompanied by another woman and children.

Later that night, in the early hours of August 23, 2024, the brothers unleashed a hail of gunfire on three homes in Dayton using an AK-47 and AR-15. Tragically, Isabella Carlos, a seventh grader, was sleeping in one of these homes when the bullets struck, ending her young life.

Hours later, around 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 23, 2024, the brothers riddled three homes in Dayton with bullets fired from an AK-47 and AR-15. Inside one of the houses was Isabella, who was sleeping in her bed.

Police responded to the home and first responders pronounced Isabella dead at the scene. Her home was not the target, per cops.

Isabella’s father lamented the fact that he couldn’t save his daughter.

“I tried to resuscitate her, but I couldn’t,” Michael Nooks said, according to the Daily News. “As a dad you’re supposed to be able to protect your kids, but I couldn’t in that situation.”

Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. called the shooting “cowardly” and “senseless.”

“This young girl with her entire life ahead of her, her entire future, was snuffed out. A seventh grader murdered while at home. Murdered while asleep in her bed,” he reportedly said.

As Law&Crime previously reported, the brothers were indicted roughly two weeks after the shooting.

Judge Gerald Parker wanted Benson to know at his sentencing 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.”