Update - 10/30/24:
Nigel Isaiah Pearson was ordered to serve 60 years of a life sentence behind bars, the first 20 without the chance of parole.
Original Story:
An Aberdeen man has been convicted of attempted first degree murder in connection to a triple shooting that occurred back in November 2022.
Prosecutors say it began as a rivalry between two gangs called the “Rollin’ 20’s” and “Choppa Boys.”
One gang reportedly posted a rap video on YouTube a few days before the shooting, offending the other gang.
This led Nigel Isaiah Pearson and other members of the “Rollin’ 20’s” to confront the “Choppa Boys” at the Cranberry Run Apartments on Stevens Circle.
During a six day trial ,featuring 21 witnesses, it was revealed Pearson and his group fired at four teens changing a tire in the parking lot.
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Two people, including a 17-year-old girl, were wounded. Both survived.
Pearson fled to Pennsylvania the next day and burned the getaway car.
Pennsylvania State Police got word of this, and ultimately identified Pearson as the shooter.
He's scheduled to be sentenced on October 25.
"This defendant, having no regard for the lives of others, made a conscious decision to take and endanger the lives of other human beings for no reason other than his gang affiliation," said Harford County State’s Attorney Healey. "Our community is safer with Nigel Pearson behind bars."
