A downtown Raleigh jury continues to deliberate in the case of a business owner accused of fatally stabbing a customer.

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Testimony ended Monday and the jury will begin deliberating Tuesday in the murder trial of Taiseer Zarka, the owner of Taz's Supermarket in downtown Raleigh who is accused of stabbing customer Mark Garrity to death in April 2023.