Brooks Faces Life for Fatal Lexington Park Shooting

Brooks Faces Life for Fatal Lexington Park Shooting

LEONARDTOWN, Md. — A St. Mary’s County jury convicted Joseph Daren Brooks, 23, of Lexington Park, on November 25, 2025, of first-degree murder in the February 2024 fatal shooting of Malic Quinn Freeland, also 23, from the same community. The five-day trial in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court ended with guilty verdicts on three felony counts: first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, and possession of a regula…

Lexington Park Man Convicted Of First-Degree Murder In Fatal Shooting - The BayNet

Joseph Daren Brooks LEONARDTOWN, Md. – State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that a St. Mary’s County jury convicted Joseph Daren Brooks, 23, of Lexington Park, Maryland, of charges that include first-degree murder, the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, and regulated firearm possession by a disqualified person for his role in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old victim. Brooks was convicted of the following off…