Man Faces 9 Years for Gunfire Standoff | Wilmington News

Wilmington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 15, 2026 · 1m

A man named David Laudell Jacobs is facing 6.5 to nearly 9 years in prison after a three-and-a-half-hour armed standoff with police that erupted at 3 AM. Firing from inside his home, he refused to comply even after officers deployed tear gas and negotiated, eventually stepping outside with a rifle before dropping it — but still ignoring commands. Police responded with non-lethal rounds, leading to multiple shots fired. Authorities later found his home packed with cocaine, illegal steroids, syringes, and drug paraphernalia. This wasn’t his first brush with the law — he’d already been charged…