Wilmington man pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 2022 shooting

A 20-year-old recently pleaded guilty in New Hanover County Superior Court to first-degree murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling.

Judge Kent Harrell sentenced Damon Stackhouse of Wilmington to a minimum of 27 years and a maximum of just over 34 years in the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, according to a news release from District Attorney Ben David's office.

On September 22, 2022, at around 3 p.m., Jailin Tilghman-Deablo was shot 16 times by three people outside the New Hanover Village Apartments on Buckingham Avenue, the press release states. Deablo died of his injuries later that same day.