Yussuf M. Hassan did not fire the shot that killed Antonio “Espn” Yarger as the 7-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in his east Erie neighborhood in April 2022.
But Hassan, then 20, provided a Glock 43 handgun to the shooter right before the drive-by killing.
Hassan was also a passenger in a car that drove by Antonio and his friends in advance of the shooting. And that car was searching for the intended target — a rival gang member, and not Antonio…