Wilson Charged After Deadly Inkster Crash

Second-degree murder in this crash is about the risk of the flight, not a plan to kill the other driver. The same office that filed the charge has said the troopers who shot Wilson were justified, and that review does not prove the murder count. A probable-cause conference on Nov. 18 is the next step, not a trial.

Nicholas K. Wilson Jr., 19, of Detroit, was arraigned Tuesday in Inkster's 22nd District Court on 10 felony counts, including second-degree murder. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office filed the case. His next date is a probable-cause conference on Nov. 18.

The charges come from an April search at a house in Inkster. State police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were there to serve a warrant. Prosecutors say Wilson left in an SUV before the warrant was served, nearly hit an officer's vehicle, and crashed into another vehicle at Parkwood and Middlebelt. The other driver was trapped for a time and later died. Wilson got out and ran. Troopers shot him twice in the lower body and arrested him. They say he was carrying two handguns.

The counts are one count of second-degree murder, one count of first-degree fleeing and eluding, two counts of carrying a concealed weapon, two counts of assaulting, resisting, or obstructing an officer, and four counts of felony firearm. The attorney general's office said it reviewed the shooting and found the troopers' use of force justified. The other driver is not named in that account.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.