Man arrested in early morning Raleigh shooting

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Markell Moran Chess
Markell Moran Chess
Credit: Raleigh Police Department

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Raleigh police have arrested a suspect for an early Wednesday morning shooting that sent one man to the hospital.



Police were called to the 400 block of Carolina Pines Avenue shortly before 7 a.m.



Officers found the victim, 38-year-old Billy Joe McNair, Jr., at the scene. He was taken to WakeMed with serious but non-life threatening injuries.



After an investigation, detectives determined the shooting actually happened outside of a residence in the 500 block of Granite Street.



RPD officers arrested Markell Moran Chess, 23, and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, possession of a stolen firearm, and possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana.



Chess was taken to the Wake County Detention Center.

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