Raleigh Road Rage Shooting Leaves Teen Hurt, Car Riddled With Bullets

Police responded to a shooting call around 12 45 a.m. on November 20 on Ileagnes Road and found a young man with a non life threatening gunshot wound, according to Raleigh police. He was taken to a hospital, treated and later released. Detectives said the suspect fled the scene and that the case is being investigated as a road rage incident.

Initial accounts from people connected to the victims describe a fast food run that escalated into violence. The mother of one occupant said her daughter and a friend were returning from Taco Bell when a white truck would not move and they honked. "I think it just turned into a road rage incident where he chased them through Renaissance Park up and down the road," Kate Mitchell said. Mitchell said the truck driver sideswiped the car before following it to a home near the intersection of Ileagnes and Chapanoke roads. "They ended up in front of my friend's house and the truck just pulled up beside them and started shooting, unloading a rifle into their car," Mitchell said.

Forensics teams later examined a car parked on Ileagnes Road that had multiple bullet holes and shattered front and rear windshields. WRAL video showed investigators marking bullet impacts and police tape blocking the roadway, a shopping mall parking lot on Chapanoke Road, and an alley behind houses. The driver is a senior in high school, according to his mother. The age of the female passenger was not confirmed.

The shooting occurred in the same neighborhood where a Raleigh police officer was shot and two people died in January, a fact residents cite as heightening concern about public safety in the area. "It's very concerning. I've been in the police department for 20 years and road rage incidents, they're pretty rare in the city limits of Raleigh," Raleigh Police Department Lt. David Davis said.

Investigators are reviewing doorbell camera footage and asked residents with recordings to upload files to the ConnectRaleigh video platform to help identify the shooter. Police also urged anyone in a tense driving situation to seek out a police station, fire department or other safe location and call 911. The case remains under investigation, and the call for security footage highlights how community collected video is increasingly central to local criminal investigations and to broader discussions about public safety and resource priorities in Wake County.