Nicholas Waggoner Browning is a white man from Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He was born in Maryland to John W. Browning and Tamara Browning. John was a real estate lawyer while Tamara was a homemaker.
- He was 2 years older than his brother Gregory Browning and 4 years older than his brother Benjamin Browning.
- In June 2006, he, his brothers and their parents were at their vacation home at Deep Creek Lake in Maryland.
- In 2007, he entered Dulaney High School in Cockeysville. He was an honor student, the leader of a Boy Scout troop and a skier. He played varsity golf and lacrosse.
- On February 1, 2008, he used his father’s gun to fatally shot his two younger brothers and their parents while they were in bed then went to a friend’s house to play video games.
- On February 2, 2008, he invited friends over to their house in Cockeysville for a party. Upon arrival, he came out of the house to say he had found his father’s body on the ground floor and called 911.
- On February 3, 2008, he confessed to murdering his two younger brothers and their parents. He was charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder and booked into the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson, Baltimore County in a special section for juveniles.
- On February 4, 2008, a judge denied bail for him.
- On October 27, 2008, he pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder.
- On January 23, 2009, Baltimore County Circuit Judge Thomas J. Bollinger sentenced him to four life terms in prison with two life terms to be served consecutively.
- On January 17, 2014, he appeared in a courtroom in Baltimore County and asked for a reduced sentence, which was denied by the judge.
- In the 2020 PEN America Prison Writing Contest, his “Little Gardens” won first place in essay while his “A Funny Story” was an honorable mention in Edward Bunker Prize Fiction.
- He was 29 years old when his “Solitude” won third place in Edward Bunker Prize Fiction in the 2021 PEN America Prison Writing Contest.
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