Deputies charge man in Raleigh stabbing after second Wake County attack

Wake County deputies charged Sy-Fee Nagi Murray Wilson, 23, with attempted first-degree murder after a stabbing on Chandler Ridge Circle near Raleigh left one man seriously injured Wednesday afternoon. Deputies responded around 2:30 p.m. to the 4200 block of the street, found a man with a stab wound and took him to the hospital.

The arrest came the same day deputies handled a separate stabbing on Old Mill Farm Drive near Wendell, a private road in a gated community off Robertson Pond Road. In that case, Earnhart Joyner III, 38, of Knightdale, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury after Carlos Norris, the owner of 3600 Old Mill Farm Drive, was found with a stab wound and taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Joyner was being held without bond.

Sheriff Willie Rowe said the two stabbings were not connected and there was no indication of an ongoing threat to the public. He said deputies responded quickly and worked to identify and locate the people responsible, trying to ease concerns that the two violent incidents signaled a broader danger in Wake County. Both cases remained under investigation.

The violence unfolded in a county that has been growing fast enough to keep pressure on neighborhoods, schools and emergency responders. Wake County’s population estimate reached 1,257,235 on July 1, 2025, and county leaders say the population is rising by about 66 people a day. Migration has accounted for three out of every four new residents since 2020, and planners say the county will need 125,000 to 175,000 more housing units over the next 10 to 15 years.

For residents from Raleigh to Wendell, the same-day stabbings were a reminder that serious assaults can ripple far beyond the immediate victims, especially when they happen in different parts of the county within hours of each other. The sheriff’s office said its deputies moved quickly in both cases, but the unanswered questions about motive and what led to each attack remain at the center of the investigation.