Suspect in Sheetz stabbing investigation, hours-long standoff identified and charged: Raleigh PD

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man is in custody and charged after a standoff that started after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. As of 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Raleigh police confirmed the man is in custody.

Police identified the suspect as 31-year-old Jarvis Cortez Gray.

The investigation and standoff started when officers responded to reports of a stabbing at Sheetz on Millbrook Green Drive just before 7:15 p.m.

The person who was found with stab wounds was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Officers later went to a nearby apartment building and tried to take Gray into custody in connection with the investigation. The 31-year-old refused to come out of the apartment.

Police surrounded an apartment building where Gray was barricaded inside and later evacuated other tenants who lived in that building. He was taken into custody after 1:00 a.m.

Gray is now facing a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.

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Anyone who believes they may have information that might assist the investigation is asked to call the Raleigh Police Department at 919-996-3335.

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