Police: Man actively avoided authorities before arrest in Clayton shooting
A Clayton man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left one person wounded earlier this month.
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Clayton police said Jared Evander McIver was arrested Friday and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and shooting into an occupied dwelling.
The charges stem from a March 8 shooting that wounded Isiah Elliot, of 149 Honeybee Trace.
Police said that McIver had been actively avoiding law enforcement by hiding inside a house on Harvest Drive, just outside the Town of Clayton.
Officers responded to the Harvest Lane house Friday and forced entry to the home when McIver refused to answer the door. He was taken into custody without incident.
“Shootings are rare in Clayton and we are glad to put this one to bed” says Clayton Police Chief, Blair Myhand. “We hope his arrest returns a sense of calm and peace to this community and we remain steadfast in our pursuit of dangerous criminals in this town.”
McIver was being held at the Johnston County Jail under $100,000 bond.
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