BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A Bluefield woman is set to go on trial after previously pleading guilty to murder charges in connection with a March 2022 shooting death of a 13 year old girl.
Nichole Brooks, 44, will appear before a jury in Mercer County Circuit Court at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
The 13 year old girl was hit by a single bullet that came from a vehicle driven by Brooks’ daughter Isis Wallace, 23, while Brooks was in the car with her on March 23, 2022. It happened at the intersection of Cumberland Road and U.S. Route 460 in Bluefield.
The girl that was hit by the bullet and was driven to Princeton Community Hospital, then transferred to a Charleston hospital where she later died.
Brooks faces charges of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, wanton endangerment and conspiracy to commit murder. She’s being held without bond at the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver.
Wallace, who previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder and two other charges, is being held at the same jail until she is sentenced on June 2. Wallace faces 50 years in prison, if convicted.