Winston-Salem Man Arrested After Standoff on Murder Charge

Published on 12 June 2025 at 17:38

A Winston-Salem man, Dangelo Scales, 32, was arrested Wednesday on a murder charge after barricading himself inside a home on East 23rd Street for several hours. Scales is a suspect in the May 24 shooting death of Alex Devonte Saunders, who was found with fatal gunshot wounds on Piedmont Circle. When officers arrived to arrest Scales, he refused to come out, leading to the involvement of the SWAT team. The standoff ended around 5:30 p.m. with Scales’ arrest. He faces felony murder and possession of a firearm by a felon charges. Scales was previously convicted of breaking and entering in 2015 and served prison and probation time. He is being held in Forsyth County Jail with no bond on the murder charge and a $15,000 bond for the gun possession offense.