WRAL TV is reporting that a pregnant woman was rushed to the hospital after a shooting yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Raleigh Boulevard and New Bern Avenue. Maya Sherrod, 25, is around 1 month pregnant, according to her boyfriend Tyshaun Debnam. He says he believes road rage triggered the shooting and says she was hit in the head.
A gray Hyundai Sonata in the middle of the roadway had its back window shattered by a bullet. Debnam says it all happened too fast to process what happened, but that his heart hurts for his pregnant girlfriend. Raleigh police responded to the shooting at 1:49pm in the 1000 block of New Bern Avenue.
Both sides of the road were closed just south of the intersection for several hours, but reopened by 4:30pm. Garner police said they received a description of the vehicle involved in the shooting and located it driving into Garner — but lost it shortly after. However, the vehicle was later located in the 1200 block of Vandora Avenue in Garner. The driver was outside the vehicle at the time and fled on foot, but was caught after a short pursuit. The suspect is now in custody of the Raleigh police. PHOTO credit: WRAL TV