MOYOCK, N.C. — The 15-hour-long barricade situation that shut down the Moyock Commons Business District area has come to an end with a suspect in custody, according to the Currituck County Sheriff’s Office.
Minutes after 5:30 a.m. the Sheriff’s Office cleared the scene at the Food Lion area.
According to witnesses in the area, the barricade was set up around 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
Sometime before 7 p.m., the Sheriff's office posted on their social media account, "We are working an active scene with an armed barricaded subject at the Food Lion area. We have containment and the general public is safe. Please be patient with the traffic control as we have all available manpower on this situation."
The barricade shut down the areas between Sawyertown Road and Tulls Creek Road in Moyock. Traffic on NC 168 also had to be rerouted, and people were asked to avoid the area of Lark Drive and Moyock Commons Drive.
13News Now received confirmation from the Sheriff's Office that those roads are back open and that they will provide more information surrounding the overnight barricade situation later in the day on Monday.