Puny gangbanger, 16, sentenced to 50 years for shooting 5-year-old during Hoover Crips gang initiation: 'No amenability to treatment'

A tiny teenage gang member from Oklahoma has been sentenced to a whopping 50 years in prison after he nearly killed a 5-year-old child during a drive-by shooting last year.

In April 2022, 15-year-old Noah Ney was in a stolen SUV when he began firing a weapon along North Rockford Avenue in Tulsa. Prosecutors claimed that the shooting was part of an initiation into the city's Hoover Crips gang affiliation.

At least one bullet from Ney's gun struck a 5-year-old girl, who was playing outside her home, in the neck and shoulder. The girl was immediately rushed to the hospital and luckily survived her injuries.

The "difference of an inch or two in the penetrating gunshot wounds to the child could have resulted in her death," Assistant Tulsa County District Attorney Morgan Medders told the court.

In December, Ney — who, at four feet and nine inches tall and just 90 lbs, already had a rap sheet that extended back to his days in middle school — was arrested and taken into custody in connection with the shooting. He was charged as an adult and at some point pled guilty to 12 counts related to assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a stolen vehicle, drugs, and gang activity.

In August, while awaiting sentencing, he and another juvenile inmate escaped the detention facility by climbing a fence while a guard was distracted. Four days later, Ney was apprehended at gunpoint outside a convenience store and returned to the facility, where he has reportedly assaulted officers, flooded his cell, and smeared feces on the wall.

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On Monday, Ney, now 16, appeared in court for sentencing. During the hearing, his mother, who has a criminal record, blamed herself and Ney's father, who has been in and out of prison, for her son's behavior. Ney's aunt also testified on his behalf, stating that the boy showed some improvement while living with her and her husband.

However, others were much less sympathetic. "A neighbor testified to Noah causing havoc in the neighborhood by wearing gang colors and carrying guns and knives, and often pulling them on neighbors while threatening them," prosecutor Medders said.

"I have treatment records in a packet thicker than a dictionary showing treatment attempts that he rejected, by escaping or assaulting staff that were there to help him," Medders continued.

"While several extended family members appeared at the certification hearing, those same people have been available to Noah throughout his extensive juvenile history, and that did not appear to make a difference."

The judge ultimately sided with prosecutors and sentenced Ney to 50 years behind bars, claiming that the teen understands right from wrong but still shows "no amenability to treatment." However, she said she would revisit the case in five years. If by 2028, Ney can convince the judge that he has remorse for his actions and has changed his ways, she will consider reducing his sentence.

Ney was also sentenced to a year for the escape from the juvenile detention facility two months ago. That sentence is to be served concurrently.

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