DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – A 31-year-old man is charged in connection with a woman’s death after an hours-long standoff with police at a Durham apartment complex on Wednesday, police said.
Officers identified the man as Christopher Brian Whitley, and he’s been arrested and charged with murder, the Durham Police Department said in a Thursday news release.
At around 12:32 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to the 1100 block of Laurel Springs Drive in reference to a barricaded subject. When officers arrived on scene, Durham police said they had set up a perimeter and tried to make contact with the suspect.
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A little while later, Whitley surrendered to the authorities and was taken into custody without incident, according to police…