A woman suffered serious injuries after being shot late Saturday night in a southern Wake County neighborhood southwest of Garner, and no suspect has been taken into custody as deputies continue piecing together what happened. The shooting was reported around 11:30 p.m. in the 3700 block of Westbury Lake Drive, near the intersection of Lake Wheeler and Ten Ten roads.
According to the CBS17.com, the Wake County Sheriff's Office reported the shooting and said deputies who responded found a woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. She was transported to a hospital, and the outlet reported she suffered serious injuries. As of the report, deputies said no suspect was in custody and the investigation remained ongoing, with the sheriff's office noting there was no additional information available at the time.
Where the Shooting Happened
The 3700 block of Westbury Lake Drive is near the intersection of Lake Wheeler and Ten Ten roads.
The Wake County Sheriff's Office's patrol division provides 24-hour coverage and criminal investigations across unincorporated parts of the county, operating four platoons to handle those areas, per Wake County Government. The sheriff's office, led by elected Sheriff Willie Rowe, is headquartered at the John H. Baker Jr. Public Safety Center in downtown Raleigh, where it also oversees countywide detention operations.
Investigative Tools and Next Steps
With no suspect identified, deputies may turn to Connect Wake County, the sheriff's office's public safety camera registry that lets residents and property owners register private security cameras to help investigators retrieve footage after incidents. The program allows deputies to request video directly from registered cameras without granting live access to feeds, according to information from Axon.
North Carolina law addresses assault offenses under General Statute § 14-32, with potential charges depending on the circumstances, per the North Carolina General Assembly. General Statute § 14-34.1 classifies discharging a firearm into occupied property as a Class E felony — rising to a Class D felony if fired into an occupied dwelling or moving vehicle, and a Class C felony if the shooting causes serious bodily injury, according to the UNC School of Government.
If a suspect is eventually identified and charged, a judge would decide whether to set pretrial-release conditions.
Part of a Wider Pattern in Southern Wake County
The Westbury Lake Drive shooting adds to a string of firearm incidents in southern Wake County. About six weeks earlier, a shootout at a Garner apartment complex sent gunfire into an occupied third-floor unit, a case that led to felony charges against eight people, as Hoodline reported in “Eight Charged After Garner Shootout.” A separate shooting outside a Zaxby's restaurant in Fuquay-Varina left two people wounded, according to Hoodline's earlier coverage of that incident.
The woman was transported to a hospital. Deputies said the investigation remained ongoing and that no additional information was available at the time.
