Nicholas Waggoner Browning

Browning was born in Maryland on February 9, 1992. His father, John W. Browning, was a prominent local attorney, and his mother, Tamara, was a homemaker. He had two younger brothers, Benjamin and Gregory, was an honor student and boy scout who attended Dulaney High School in nearby Timonium, and played varsity golf and lacrosse and was a skier.[3]

On the evening of February 1, 2008, a week before his 16th birthday, Browning went into his house after other family members were in bed and shot each of them using a gun belonging to his father.[4][5] According to police reports, he confessed to the killings of his family on the following Sunday and was charged with four counts of first-degree murder. He was denied bail at a hearing later that day.

Under a plea agreement reached with prosecutors, Browning pleaded guilty in January 2009 to four counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to four life terms in prison with two life terms to be served consecutively. Browning may become eligible for parole in 2031 after serving 23 years of his sentence with good behavior.[6] He is currently incarcerated at Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland,[7] and was denied a sentence reduction in 2014.[8]