Wake County deputies investigate Memorial Day shooting on Horseshoe Drive
Deputies found a man shot on Horseshoe Drive before dawn and had no suspect in custody, leaving Raleigh-Garner border neighbors with unanswered questions.
Wake County deputies spent Memorial Day morning trying to piece together a shooting on Horseshoe Drive that sent one man to the hospital and left no suspect in custody. The call came in around 12:30 a.m. Monday on the 6100 block of the road, and deputies said they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
The shooting unfolded in a residential stretch near the Raleigh-Garner line, a setting that has also been described as south of Raleigh off Lake Wheeler Road. Local coverage placed the scene in a mobile-home-park area, far from downtown nightlife or a major entertainment district, which made the overnight gunfire stand out to people who live nearby. The location sits in a part of Wake County where homes, small roads and county jurisdiction overlap across city limits.
Officials said the victim’s injuries were serious enough to require hospital treatment, but they did not identify him. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office said it was still investigating the circumstances of the shooting and had not made an arrest. Deputies also had not said whether they believed the gunfire was targeted or random, leaving open the possibility that someone may have been specifically sought out or that the shooting may have erupted from a confrontation that spilled into the neighborhood.
That uncertainty matters in a county that keeps growing fast. Wake County estimated its population at 1,257,235 on July 1, 2025, up from 1,232,444 a year earlier, a jump of 24,791 people. County officials say the area is adding about 66 residents a day, and public-safety calls in places like Horseshoe Drive draw quick attention because they can affect neighborhoods that sit just outside the city core but still feel the pressure of urban growth.
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office serves the county’s unincorporated areas, and Willie Rowe has been sheriff since Dec. 5, 2022. For people living along the Raleigh-Garner border, the holiday shooting underscored how quickly violence can interrupt a quiet morning, and how little neighbors may know while investigators search for the person who fired the shot. Anyone with information was asked to contact the sheriff’s office.
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