Woman seriously injured in Raleigh shooting on Glenwood Avenue

A woman was seriously injured after gunfire erupted along Glenwood Avenue before dawn Friday, turning one of northwest Raleigh’s busiest corridors into a crime scene and briefly shutting part of the roadway.

Raleigh police responded just after midnight on May 29, 2026, to Glenwood Avenue and Brownleigh Drive after reports that a woman had been shot while driving. Officers found the victim with serious injuries and took her to a hospital, where police said her condition was not considered life-threatening. Additional reporting placed the scene in the 8700 block of Glenwood Avenue near Triangle Drive and Marvino Lane, close to William B. Umstead State Park, with the shooting also described as occurring off Glenwood Avenue, near Angus Barn and not far from Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

Investigators said shots were fired into a vehicle, and dispatch audio described the incident as a drive-by. CBS 17 reported the woman suffered two gunshot wounds, including injuries to her right arm and back. Video from the scene showed a silver Hyundai sedan with a shattered rear window and a bullet hole through the windshield, while evidence markers were spread across the roadway as officers worked the area. Part of Glenwood Avenue was shut down during the investigation.

Police had not released suspect information and had not said whether they believed the shooting was targeted or random. The lack of an identified suspect leaves open key questions about what led to the gunfire, how many rounds were fired and whether other drivers or pedestrians could have been put at risk in the busy corridor.

The case adds another public-safety test for a stretch of roadway that serves both daily commuters and late-night traffic. Raleigh police have said their online crime data, updated through a mapping tool based on incident reports, are meant to keep the public informed about crime and crime trends. The department says its goal is to make Raleigh one of the safest cities in the United States, and its 2025 Summer Action Plan put extra attention on nightlife areas, parks and greenways, transportation hubs, and streets around bars and clubs.

Raleigh’s 2025 crime data showed violent crime down 1% from 2024 and property crime down 17%, with second-quarter reporting showing homicide, aggravated assault and motor vehicle theft lower than the same period a year earlier. Even with those declines, a shooting on Glenwood Avenue carries an immediate effect: it interrupts traffic, heightens fear in a heavily traveled part of Wake County and puts renewed pressure on police to prevent another violent episode in the same corridor. Anyone with information was asked to call the Raleigh Police Department at 919-996-1315 or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers.