PHILADELPHIA - A judge sentenced a man to 55 to 110 years in state prison in connection to the shooting death of 2-year-old Nikolette Rivera while she was in her mother's arms inside a Kensington home.
DA Larry Krasner made the announcement during a Monday morning press conference that Tayvon Thomas, 27, was sentenced afterpleading guilty to third-degree murder, attempted murder and over two dozen other charges.On October 20, 2019, Thomas and his co-conspirator, Freddie Perez, drove to the Kensington house where Nikolette Rivera resided with her mother, Joan Ortiz, according to authorities.
Thomas opened fire on the home with a high-powered rifle, located on the 3300 block of N. Waters Street, fatally shooting Rivera once in the head.