Wilmington Standoff Ends in 77-105 Month Sentence | Wilmington News

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

A Wilmington man, David Laudell Jacobs, just got sentenced to 77 to 105 months in prison after a three-and-a-half-hour armed standoff at his home in April 2025. Police responded to gunshots at 3 AM, found him firing from the second floor, and deployed SWAT after neighbors were evacuated. Despite gas attempts, he kept shooting—eventually emerging with a rifle, refusing commands, and lunging for it before officers shot him multiple times. He survived and was hospitalized. A search revealed a rifle, shotgun, cocaine, and illegal steroids—with ties to a 2023 case involving steroid trafficking…