On September 24, 2016, at approximately 11:00pm, Stafford County Deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the area of the 300 block of Garrison Woods Drive. Dispatch advised patrol that a silhouetted subject was witnessed shooting one round from a gun. No further information was provided by the caller. Once on the scene, deputies began to investigate by making inquiries as well as searching the grounds of the apartment complex. While rounding the corner of Building 200 Deputies L.A. Burgess and B.M. Kanterman observed a man exiting the apartment complex via a wood line and trail where suspicious activity is known to occur. The man was quickly ordered to raise his hands and comply with a search of his person.

The search revealed a handgun as well as multiple bags of narcotics. The man, later identified as Darnell Grayson, was arrested for two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Narcotics, Carrying a Concealed Firearm and Possession of a Firearm While in Possession of Schedule I/II Narcotics.

Darnell Jamal Grayson, age 20, of Knollwood Court in Stafford, was incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail and is being held without bond.