Jailin Tilghman-Deablo was an 18-year-old African American male from Wilmington, North Carolina, who was shot at New Hanover Village Apartments on Buckingham Avenue around 3 p.m. on September 23, 2022 and later died at a local hospital. The shooting has been linked to gang violence and is believed to have been retaliation for an earlier gang-related incident that day.

Four Wilmington teenagers were charged in connection with the killing. Labron Damarieion Isai Pryor and Damon Stackhouse, both 18, faced murder charges; Pryor was also charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling and possession of a stolen firearm. Two 16-year-old boys were charged and held at the juvenile detention center. Witnesses said a group in dark clothing and masks left in a black Ford Escape that was later linked to Ja’Tayvian Hanible. Officers found three guns at co-defendant Jaquan Smith’s house, including one with Stackhouse’s DNA.

Damon Stackhouse pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling and was sentenced to 27 to 34 years in prison. Jailin’s mother, Domanae, said her son was hunted down and murdered three doors from their home. Does anyone have information about what happened that afternoon or about Jailin’s life in the neighborhood?