‘It’s extremely tough;’ 2 men arrested in shooting death of 12-year-old girl as she slept in her bed

DAYTON — Family members are speaking out after Dayton police arrested two people in the shooting death of a 12-year-old girl.

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A stray bullet from random gunfire hit Isabella Amor-Carlos while she was sleeping early last Friday.

As News Center 7 previously reported, Antawan Benson Jr. and Javen Conner were arrested in connection to the death of Isabella Amor-Carlos who was killed after her home on W. Fairview Avenue was hit by gunfire Friday, according to a Dayton police source.

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Conner is booked into the Montgomery County Jail on a murder charge.

Benson is facing a weapons charge.

As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, both were arrested by Dayton police Wednesday at a home in the 5000 block of Derby Road in Jefferson Township, according to online jail records.

Michael Nooks, her father, said he didn’t recognize either Conner or Benson.

Police believe the two men, or others, aimed at a house next door but one of their shots killed Carlos.

“I mean why? Why did this have to happen?” Nooks said.

News Center 7 confirmed late Thursday that police detectives followed parts of a sheriff’s SWAT team that came to surround the house. They used distraction devices and loudspeakers to convince three people inside to come out.

They arrested only two of them and accused only one of murder.

“If there is anybody else involved, I hope they get them home,” Nooks said.

Nooks said it feels like his family is living in a nightmare they can’t wake up from.

“I mean extremely tough, extremely tough, I still be expecting to see her in the morning,” Nooks said.

Police had said from the start, they believed there were two shooters. It appears that homicide detectives may still be looking for more people that. We will continue following this story.

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