WILMINGTON — Last week Daiquan Evander Jacobs was shot while driving on Oleander Drive, where he eventually wrecked and died.
The following Saturday, police were conducting surveillance on his funeral when they spotted an orange Mustang stop in an intersection and a man wearing a ski mask and armed with an AK-47 jumped out of the vehicle.
“Around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, the Wilmington Police Department Mobile Field Force Unit and SABLE (South Eastern Airborn Law Enforcement) were conducting surveillance in the 500 block of Red Cross Street in reference to a homicide victim’s funeral when officers observed an orange Mustang stop in the intersection of 6th St. and Campbell. They witnessed a male wearing a black ski mask bail out of the vehicle, armed with a semi-automatic rifle,” according to the Wilmington Police Department.
Police converged on the vehicle and took three men into custody
“Searches of the vehicle and each individual yielded a loaded AK-47 (not stolen) as well as several types of illegal narcotics and U.S. currency,” police said.
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The following arrests were made:
JEREMIAH THOMPSON, 21, has been charged with Poss. Sch VI, Poss. MDMA, and Armed to the Terror of the Public Wearing Mask/Hood/etc on Public Place. He was given a $75,000 secured bond.
SHAKEAL THOMPSON, 26, has been charged with Poss. MDMA, PWISD Heroin, PWISD w/n 1000 ft of school (Douglas Academy), Maint. Vehicle, Poss. Sch. II, and Poss. Drug Paraphernalia. He was given a $150,000 secured bond.
QUADDARRIUS COTTON, 22, has been charged with PSIWD Sch I Heroin, PWISD Sch I Heroin w/n 1000 ft of school (Douglas Academy), Poss. Sch VI, and Poss. Drug Paraphernalia. He was given a $100,000 secured bond.
A fourth individual, who was in the vehicle, was not charged.
