Man arrested, charged in connection to October shooting in Wendell

A man was hospitalized after getting shot on October 27 in Wendell, according to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded to a report of a shooting at 3:52 p.m. at the intersection of Riley Hill Road and Edgemont Road.

On Friday, the shooting was determined to have been an act of self-defense.

According to deputies, 34-year-old Rudolph Haves Joyner Jr., who was taken to the hospital for his injury, was later identified as a suspect in the shooting. The Sheriff's Office Drugs and Vice Unit was also conducting a separate investigation into Joyner.

On Friday, deputies with the Vice unit took Joyner into custody. Deputies said he was in possession of a stolen 9 mm handgun and several illegal narcotics, including 22.5 grams of fentanyl, 6.5 grams of heroin, 28 grams of methamphetamine and 19 grams of cocaine

Deputies charged Joyner with assault with a deadly weapon, assault by pointing a gun, communicating threats, carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of a firearm by felon.

He also faces several drug-related charges, including three counts of trafficking fentanyl by possession, three counts of trafficking fentanyl by transportation, trafficking heroin by possession, trafficking heroin by transport, possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine, possession of a stolen firearm, and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, among other charges.

Joyner is being held at the Wake County Detention Center without bond and the investigation is ongoing.