Wake deputies arrest suspected shooter after standoff
After a six-hour standoff Wednesday morning, Wake County sheriff's deputies arrested a man accused of shooting and killing his wife at their home near Raleigh Tuesday night.
Posted — UpdatedFernando Palma Carias, 47, shot Marisol Mendoza Rojas at 5729 Manor Plantation Drive, near Rock Service Station Road, shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, sheriff's officials said.
The couple's 15-year-old twin boys were home during the shooting, authorities said. One witnessed it, while the other escaped from a window, ran to a neighbor's house and called 911.
Carias fled the house, and agreed to surrender about four hours later in a parking lot at 4505 Falls of Neuse Road.
The standoff ensued when he arrived and put a gun to his head and threatened to kill himself. His attorney eventually convinced him to drop the gun and surrender to authorities on a charge of first-degree murder.
It's not clear what led to the shooting.
Neighbors described the family as "hard-working" and said the couple owned several businesses, including check-cashing businesses and Hispanic food stores.
Family and friends said the couple had been having relationship problems because Rojas had refused to marry Carias.
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