Twelve shooting incidents are believed to be connected, police said.
Urgent investigation after a multiple cars and homes hit by gunfire
Authorities are investigating a shooting spree in Raleigh, North Carolina, after at least a dozen cars and…randomly were shot at.
A North Carolina State student has been arrested for a string of apparently random shootings at cars on multiple highways in Raleigh.
Since Monday, police have received 12 reports of shots being fired at vehicles and buildings in the vicinity of Interstates 40 and 440, according to Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson.
“At this time, we do believe that the 12 incidents are related,” Patterson said at a press briefing Thursday.
Police investigate a shooting spree near I-40 in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 7, 2024.
Andrew Thomas Graney, 23, has been charged with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and 11 counts of firing a weapon into an occupied vehicle or dwelling, police said. Graney is a senior at NC State, majoring in anthropology and has been enrolled since fall 2019, the school confirmed to Raleigh ABC station WTVD.
A second person was taken into custody alongside Graney at a residence in Raleigh on Thursday but has since been released without charges, police said.
A judge ordered Graney held without bond during his initial court appearance Friday afternoon.
“This is one of those cases that put fear in the heart of the entire community,” Judge Debra Sasser said.