Abigail Margulis

amargulis@citizen-times.com

WEAVERVILLE - Buncombe County sheriff's deputies responded to a home in Weaverville after a person reported a stabbing around 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Following the incident, Terry Len Gentry Jr., 22, fled the scene. Shortly after, he was located and taken into custody in connection to the assault that took place at a home on Cody Lane between two, non-intimate partner family members, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.

Authorities charged Gentry, who lives on Hamburg Mountain Road in Weaverville, with one count of assault with a deadly weapon, which is a felony, warrants state. The man Gentry is accused of stabbing with a knife was transported to Mission Hospital for treatment.

The investigation into this incident remained active and ongoing Wednesday.