Man pleads guilty in 2022 second-degree murder case

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – District Attorney Ben David's office announced that 20-year-old Damon Stackhouse of Wilmington pleaded guilty last week to first-degree murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling.

According to prosecutors, he was sentenced on Thursday, August 22, to a prison term of 234-413 months (27-31 years).

Jalin Tilghman-Deablo was shot 16 times by three people outside the New Hanover Village Apartments on September 22, 2022. The three suspects were seen driving away in a car that was tracked down by investigators. It was linked to Ja'Tavian Hanible and found outside co-defendant Jaquan Smith's home on Ann Street.

Four people were found inside, as well as three firearms that were ballistically linked to the shooting. Prosecutors said one of the weapons was fired at least seven times and contained Stackhouse's DNA, as well as one of the shell casings found at the scene.

The cases of the other defendants, Smith Hanible and Labron Pryor, are still pending.

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