One Injured, Suspect In Custody Following Cutting At Selma Apartments

SELMA, N.C. — One person was injured and another taken into custody following a cutting Friday morning at an apartment complex in Selma.

The incident was reported shortly before 11 a.m. on Robin Circle in the Redwood Village Apartments.

Selma Police Chief Justin Vause said the victim was slashed across the side of the face with a boxcutter following a verbal argument inside an apartment.

Police said the victim and suspect knew each other.

The injured person was transported by Johnston County EMS to WakeMed with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Chief Vause said the suspect was taken into custody following the incident.

No additional information, including the identities of those involved or possible charges, was immediately released.