17-year-old sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder, robbery of kidnap victim

LA PLATA, Md. — Charles County State's Attorney Tony Covington announced that on Thursday, June 6, 2024, Charles County Circuit Court Judge Makeba Gibbs sentenced Nijuan Wilson, 17, to life in prison with suspended for all but 30 years for the first degree murder of Deangelo Beale. Wilson will be on supervised probation for five years following his release.

On May 24, 2024, Wilson pleaded guilty to the above charge.

On June 9, 2023, officers responded to an apartment complex in Waldorf after a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they located victim Deangelo Beale in the parking lot suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another person, Marquise Jackson, was later found deceased in connection with the incident.

An investigation revealed that on the morning of June 9, Beale and Jackson were at the same nightclub in Washington, D.C. and got into an argument. After leaving the nightclub, Jackson and four other suspects robbed Beale of his belongings and kidnapped him at gunpoint. Beale was taken to his apartment in his vehicle. Three of the suspects exited the vehicle and entered Beale's apartment, holding Beale's girlfriend, who shared the apartment, at gunpoint and demanding property. Jackson and another suspect, later determined to be Wilson, remained in the vehicle with Beale.

At one point, Beale was able to take one of their guns from inside the vehicle and shoot Jackson. The suspects inside the apartment heard the commotion, then came outside and shot Beale, killing him. The suspects were able to flee the area in Beale's vehicle and drop Jackson off at a nearby hospital. Jackson was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Before sentencing Wilson, the honorable Judge Gibbs told him: “Your actions were senseless, cruel, foolish, and tragic. You have ruined many lives, including your own.

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