NC State student charged after 12 shootings into cars, homes on and around

Raleigh police charged a 23-year-old student at NC State University with felony assault early Friday after a week-long flurry of rush-hour shootings along Interstate 40 and near I-440.

Andrew Thomas Graney of Kentford Court faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling or vehicle.

NC State officials confirmed Friday that Graney is a senior, majoring in anthropology. The suspect is being held without bond in the Wake County jail.

Graney’s arrest came after Raleigh police scrambled to find the shooter who fired into eight cars and four houses, all in southwest Raleigh along Interstate 40 between Monday and Thursday.

Police Chief Estella Patterson announced two “persons of interest” were detained Thursday afternoon, both of them from Kentford Court in southwest Raleigh. The second person detained was released and not charged, according to police.

Officers responded earlier Thursday to a single gunshot fired into a man’s car door on Trailwood Drive Thursday morning, causing no injuries but driving residents’ fear of victims being targeted at random.

“We understand the community is concerned and fear naturally follows in an event of this magnitude,” Patterson said in a news conference.

Raleigh police officers in a tactical vehicle outside of a residence on Newby Court in Raleigh where two men were taken into custody in connection with shots fired into vehicles.

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Two cars shot on Trailwood Drive

The shots fired Thursday happened just before 9 a.m. in the 1500 block of Trailwood, which sits about half a mile from I-40 and near the Gorman Street exit, where one of the earlier shootings occurred.

Police later reported a second Trailwood Drive car shooting and multiple houses were included in the investigation.

Raleigh Police work the scene where two “persons of interest” were detained Thursday afternoon on Kentford Court in Raleigh Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Raleigh police are investigating shots fired into eight cars and four houses, a growing total in the recent series of rush-hour shootings along Interstate 40 and near I-440.

Raleigh Deputy Chief Rico Boyce said at the Trailwood Drive scene Thursday that the department had “no credible information” yet that the shooting is connected to any others. But Patterson confirmed at Thursday’s news conference that the shootings were linked.

“I want to ensure the community that we are doing all we can as the city of Raleigh to keep our citizens safe,” Boyce said.

A screen capture from ABC11 shows one of two men being taken into custody by law enforcement officers at a residence on Denny Drive in Raleigh in connection with shots fired into vehicles in the area in the past several days.

Shootings on and near I-40 in Raleigh

The first two shootings came Monday near Cary Towne Boulevard, where one woman was hit in the leg, and later near Buck Jones Road.

Four more cars were shot Wednesday, the first three at Trinity Road, Avent Ferry Road and Cary Towne Boulevard near I-40, and the last at Jones Franklin Road and Capital Center Drive.

The police list Trailwood Drive as the seventh vehicle shooting this week. They are also investigating a string of shots fired into Raleigh homes: 2400 block of Centennial Ridge Way, 3200 block of Shire Lane and two on the 2000 block of Wolf Tech Lane.

“The Raleigh Police Department continues to investigate these incidents and has focused our resources on identifying the person or persons responsible,” Senior Detective Christopher Gay said in a news release Thursday. “We will continue to work with our Federal, State, and local law enforcement partners to ensure the safety of those traveling on our streets and highways.”

Police said they believed the weapon used was a handgun.

Raleigh Police, some in tactical gear, work the scene where two “persons of interest” were detained Thursday afternoon on Kentford Court in Raleigh Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Raleigh police are investigating shots fired into eight cars and four houses, a growing total in the recent series of rush-hour shootings along Interstate 40 and near I-440.

Timeline of shootings

Here’s a timeline of the shootings, according to the Raleigh Police Department.

Monday

▪ on I-40 near Cary Towne Boulevard. One car was struck with a victim was shot in the leg.

▪ on I-40 near Buck Jones Road. No one was injured in the single car that was struck.

Wednesday

▪ on the 2400 block of Centennial Ridge Way. One house was hit with no one injured.

▪ on the 3200 block of Shire Lane. One house was struck and no one was hurt.

▪ on I-40 near Trinity Road. One car; no injuries.

▪ on I-40 near Avent Ferry Road. One car hit; no injuries.

▪ on I-40 near Cary Towne Boulevard; One vehicle hit; no injuries.

▪ on Jones Franklin Road near Capital Center Drive. One car hit; no injuries.

▪ on the 2000 block of Wolf Tech Lane. Two houses hit; no injuries.

Thursday

▪ on the 1500 block of Trailwood Drive; two cars hit, no injuries.

Law enforcement officers, including Raleigh and NC State police, gather at the scene on Trailwood Drive after shots were fired into a car Thursday near Interstate 40 and NC State’s Centennial Campus close to where Raleigh police were already investigating similar reports along the interstate this week. Two people were detained Thursday after 12 shootings into homes and cars.

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