Courts · Thursday, October 15, 2026
A Brooklyn gang leader gets a mandatory life sentence
The File desk · Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC
Status
Confirmed as the Eastern District of New York’s Oct. 14, 2026 release. The sentence is a court judgment the office announced. This desk did not open the judgment. The release does not cite a statute section.
- Confirmed
The office said Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall sentenced Maliek Miller, 33, of Brooklyn, to a mandatory life sentence.
- Confirmed
It said a jury convicted him in June 2024 of
for the July 2020 killing of Shatavia Walls, a former federal witness, and of other charges including racketeering.Legal instrument
murder in-aid-of-racketeering
The charge the Eastern District of New York says a jury convicted Maliek Miller of, for the July 2020 killing of Shatavia Walls. The Oct. 14, 2026 release does not cite a statute section. This desk did not open the judgment. An FBI sentence in the same release spells the name Shatavia Wells once.
- Confirmed
The docket is 20-CR-331 (LDH). An FBI sentence in the same release spells the last name Wells once. The headline and the rest of the release use Walls.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said Wednesday that Maliek Miller, 33, of Brooklyn, was sentenced to a mandatory life term. Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall imposed it. A jury convicted him in June 2024 of Legal instrument The charge the Eastern District of New York says a jury convicted Maliek Miller of, for the July 2020 killing of Shatavia Walls. The Oct. 14, 2026 release does not cite a statute section. This desk did not open the judgment. An FBI sentence in the same release spells the name Shatavia Wells once.murder in-aid-of-racketeering
The release is dated Oct. 14, 2026. It says Miller was also convicted of racketeering, conspiracy to commit Legal instrument The charge the Eastern District of New York says a jury convicted Maliek Miller of, for the July 2020 killing of Shatavia Walls. The Oct. 14, 2026 release does not cite a statute section. This desk did not open the judgment. An FBI sentence in the same release spells the name Shatavia Wells once.murder in-aid-of-racketeering
Walls testified in June 2019 in United States v. Boykins, 18-CR-338. The release says Boykins was sentenced to 110 months. It says Quintin Green and Joe Santana shot Walls on July 7, 2020, and that she died ten days later. Green was sentenced to 420 months, Santana to 264 months, Kevin Wint to 110 months, and Shakur Bey to 60 months. Those sentences are the office’s account.
One FBI quotation in the same release spells the name “Shatavia Wells.” The headline and the other references use Shatavia Walls. This desk did not open a docket to choose between the spellings. The story uses Walls, matching the headline.
The release does not cite a statute section for Legal instrument The charge the Eastern District of New York says a jury convicted Maliek Miller of, for the July 2020 killing of Shatavia Walls. The Oct. 14, 2026 release does not cite a statute section. This desk did not open the judgment. An FBI sentence in the same release spells the name Shatavia Wells once.murder in-aid-of-racketeering
What is still unknown or disputed
- The judgment. It was not opened. The sentence is as the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated it.
- The spelling Wells appears once, in an FBI sentence. The rest of the release uses Walls.
- A statute section. The release does not print one.
Primary sources
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Source 1
Leader of Brooklyn-based Ninedee gang sentenced to life in prison for racketeering and murder
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York · October 14, 2026
Maliek Miller, 33, of Brooklyn, was sentenced by Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall to a mandatory life sentence. A jury convicted him in June 2024 of
for the murder of former federal witness Shatavia Walls in July 2020. Docket 20-CR-331 (LDH).Legal instrument
murder in-aid-of-racketeering
The charge the Eastern District of New York says a jury convicted Maliek Miller of, for the July 2020 killing of Shatavia Walls. The Oct. 14, 2026 release does not cite a statute section. This desk did not open the judgment. An FBI sentence in the same release spells the name Shatavia Wells once.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/leader-brooklyn-based-ninedee-gang-sentenced-life-prison-racketeering-and-murder