A man has pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old girl in Kingston back in December.

Gilbert Thomas, 24, is one of the two men facing charges in connection to the murder of D'Janeira Mason.

Her 9-year-old brother was also shot in the arm but survived.

The incident happened outside the children's home on Van Buren Street.

Thomas will be sentenced to 20 years to life.