Jury finds woman guilty after Monroe Township gunfire

🚔 Jury convicts Sykia Harper-Brown on weapons and terroristic threats charges tied to a volatile confrontation

🔫 Prosecutors say she arrived armed with a 9mm and a bat, then fired a shot into the air after making threats

⚖️ Up to 25 years in prison possible as the judge revoked her release ahead of sentencing

A flame war on Facebook escalated into real-life gunfire in South Jersey.

A Gloucester County jury recently found Sykia Harper-Brown guilty of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and third-degree terroristic threats.

The conviction caps a case in which prosecutors said the 43-year-old Philadelphia woman had put lives in danger.

Armed confrontation sparks terror in Gloucester County

Prosecutors said Harper-Brown traveled from Pennsylvania to Monroe Township in Gloucester County on Nov. 4, 2023, armed with a 9mm handgun and a baseball bat after exchanging heated text messages and Facebook threats with her sister-in-law…

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