Teen gets life in prison for murder in Wheaton Metro – NBC4 Washington

A teenager wanted for a shocking May 2023 murder at the Wheaton Metro station has been sentenced to life in prison, with all but 35 years suspended.

The teen opened fire on his victim, 18-year-old Tenneson Vaughn Leslie, whom he did not know, during an altercation on the escalator.

He wore a sweater that read, “Bad habits, good intentions,” which was one of the reasons police arrested then-16-year-old Emmanuel Simmonds Jr.

One camera shows how close other passengers were to the shooter and the victim.

Montgomery County District Attorney John McCarthy noted that everyone involved was very young.

“We’re not talking about people who had ties to different gangs, we’re just talking about pushy, pushing figures at the top of an escalator. A 16-year-old was armed with a firearm,” he said.

There is also a co-defendant in the case who is being prosecuted in the juvenile court. He was only 14 years old at the time of the murder.

Sharon Simpson, Leslie’s grandmother, raised him in Prince George’s County after both his parents died.

“If you ask anyone about Tennison, you get a good report about him,” she said.

Simpson followed the trial closely and said nothing would bring back her beloved grandson.