Armed robbery suspect in custody after police warned he was in Garner neighborhood

Garner police arrested a man Sunday afternoon after a search that lasted for several hours following what police say was an attempted armed robbery on Saturday.

Police were chasing the suspect, who was armed with a long rifle, by car earlier Sunday, Police Capt. Chris Clayton told The News & Observer in phone interviews.

“After we discontinued pursuit, he subsequently crashed in or near a Garner neighborhood,” Clayton said.

A 911 caller alerted police to a man matching the suspect’s description near a vacant house in the area of Atchison Street and N.C. 50, Clayton said. A SWAT team was deployed to the scene, he said, and residents were told to avoid the area.

The suspect was found and arrested a short time later inside the house, Clayton said. Officers from the Wake County Sheriff’s Office and the N.C. State Highway Patrol helped with the situation, which “ended peacefully,” he said.

The suspect’s name and charges are not yet available, Clayton said.

This story was originally published August 22, 2021 at 2:38 PM.