A 19-year-old Detroit man was arraigned on Tuesday, November 10, in Inkster, Michigan, on ten felony charges — including second-degree murder — over an April 2026 flight from police that ended in a crash that killed another driver, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced. Nicholas K. Wilson Jr. appeared in the 22nd District Court in Inkster, in Wayne County west of Detroit.
Source: Ann Arbor Times, reporting the Michigan Attorney General's announcement, Nov 11, 2026
The charges stem from an April 2026 incident in which officers from the Michigan State Police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrived at a residence in Inkster to execute a search warrant, according to the Attorney General's announcement, reported independently by a second Michigan outlet.
Source: MI Capitol News, reporting the Michigan Attorney General's announcement, Nov 11, 2026
What the Attorney General says happened in April
Before officers could execute the warrant, Wilson allegedly fled the scene in an SUV at high speed, nearly striking an officer's vehicle, the announcement said. At the intersection of Parkwood and Middlebelt — Middlebelt Road is a major north-south road through Inkster — he reportedly crashed into another vehicle. Wilson then allegedly got out of his vehicle and continued to flee on foot toward a nearby apartment complex.
Michigan State Police troopers pursued Wilson and fired at him after believing he was carrying a firearm; he was struck twice in his lower body before being arrested, the announcement said. Wilson was allegedly found with two handguns at the time of his arrest. The driver of the other vehicle was temporarily trapped inside his car and later died from the injuries he sustained in the collision. The other driver is not named in the Attorney General's announcement as reported.
"This tragic end shows the worst that can happen when suspects flee at high speeds on busy roadways," Attorney General Nessel said. "Putting law enforcement and so many members of the public in danger is unacceptable, and we will hold this defendant accountable to the fullest extent of the law." The charges are allegations only; Wilson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The full charge list, and what each count carries
Wilson faces one count of second-degree murder, a felony punishable by up to life imprisonment, and one count of first-degree fleeing and eluding, a 15-year felony. He faces two counts each of carrying a concealed weapon, 5-year felonies, and of assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer, 2-year felonies — and four counts of felony firearm, each a mandatory consecutive 2-year felony, meaning any felony-firearm time is served on top of, not alongside, a sentence on the underlying charge.
The troopers' shooting was reviewed — and cleared
The case reached court months after the April incident in part because of a second investigation running alongside the criminal one: the Department of Attorney General reviewed the troopers' use of force during Wilson's apprehension and determined it was justified under state law, according to the announcement. That dual role — the Attorney General's office reviewing a shooting by state troopers and prosecuting the man who was shot — is why this case is being handled from Lansing rather than only by a county prosecutor.
Background: why fleeing cases end this way
Inkster is a small Wayne County city on Detroit's western edge, and Middlebelt Road carries heavy everyday traffic through it. Prosecutors across Michigan routinely treat a death caused during a high-speed flight from police as among the most serious driving offences on the books — here elevated to a murder count — because the risk is not confined to the driver fleeing: it extends to officers, to passengers, and, as in this case, to an uninvolved driver in another car at an ordinary intersection. The announcement does not say what the April search warrant was for, and no detail about it has been reported; the case Wilson now faces is about the flight and the crash, not the warrant itself.
What happens next
Wilson's next court appearance is a probable cause conference scheduled for November 18, at which a judge will consider whether the case moves forward toward a preliminary examination and trial. He remains presumed innocent, and the allegations — the flight, the near-strike of an officer's vehicle, the foot chase and the two handguns — will have to be proven in court.