Kani Little, now 28, took the stand on the fifth day of his jury trial on Thursday, June 13, 2025, admitting he played a role in a retaliatory shooting on the 4900 block of Cumberland Street on August 11, 2022. The attack, triggered by a fight earlier that night, left a 6-year-old girl with a lung injury and a 4-year-old girl with life-threatening gunshot wounds to her arm and chest.
Little implicated co-defendants Brianna Smith and Darrell Henderson in the shooting but denied the involvement of Michael Roberts Jr. Despite that denial, a Dauphin County jury convicted both Smith and Roberts of attempted first-degree murder and related charges.
Smith had previously testified that she drove the gunmen to the home where Fritz Volcy was believed to be staying, claiming she was forced to help under duress. Little refuted that, saying Smith was angry at Volcy and willingly participated…