Nicholas Brown takes plea deal surrounding murder of Willie Duane Davis

A man accused of a Christmas Eve shooting in 2006 has pled guilty to the crime.

Nicholas Brown was in the car with three other men, when 23-year-old Willie Duane Davis was gunned down on 14th Street in Wilmington.

Today was supposed to be the first day of testimony in Brown’s trial, but instead, he took a plea deal.

He was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison.