WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A man from Wilmington was sentenced to 15 years in prison on the charge of possession of a firearm by a felon in August after pleading guilty on May 22, 2024.
Per an announcement from U.S. Attorney Michael Easley for the Eastern District of NC, 24-year-old Jahmez Tavaughn Jackson shot a 9mm sawed-off rifle multiple times at a person during the school day just over 200 feet from Roger Bacon Douglas Academy on Feb. 22, 2023. The announcement says he is a member of the Wilmington Crips gang.
“No one was injured during the shooting, though a vehicle parked at the school was struck by one of the bullets. Four additional shell casings were found on scene. Officers located Jackson driving a vehicle in Pender County shortly thereafter and attempted a traffic stop. Jackson fled from law enforcement officers at high rates of speed—as fast as 118 mph—and tossed the gun out of the car window,” a press release states.
Eventually he crashed, and a search found drugs and drug paraphernalia; the announcement says his phone showed evidence of drug trade and photos of him with guns including the rifle used in the shooting.
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