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A Cumberland County jury has convicted two men on reckless manslaughter and conspiracy charges in the killing of a Bridgeton child who was struck by a stray bullet as she slept in her bed. Defendants Michael L. Elliott, 29, and Zahmere K. McKoy, 23, were found not guilty of first-degree murder in the verdict delivered Wednesday afternoon. Jennifer Trejo, 9, was in her family’s home at the corner of Elmer and Church streets in Bridgeton around 12:30 a.m. on July 17, 2018, when shots were fired up the street. Authorities had alleged that three men opened fire on a group of people gathered in fro…