A man was shot in the neck early Sunday at an apartment complex on Ashire Crossing near Old Wake Forest Road in northeast Raleigh, and police say his injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. Officers found the victim at the scene and had him transported to a hospital as an investigation got underway.
According to WRAL, police responded to the complex and located the man suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck. The outlet reports that his condition, per police, was not believed to be life-threatening, though no other details about a possible suspect or motive have been released. It remains unclear whether the victim and shooter knew each other, and no arrest has been announced.
A Corridor Lined With Apartments and Bus Routes
Ashire Crossing sits along the Old Wake Forest Road corridor, a stretch of northeast Raleigh that mixes dense apartment communities with commercial strips. The area is served by GoRaleigh bus lines 1, 14, and 25L, which connect nearby residential developments to Capital Boulevard and WakeMed North, according to Moovit. That accessibility makes the corridor a busy through-point for residents commuting between the neighborhood and major retail and medical hubs nearby.
The shooting adds to a string of non-fatal gun violence incidents Hoodline has tracked across Raleigh in recent weeks, though none of those earlier reports covered this specific address. Hoodline previously reported on a shooting on Garner Road on August 6, gunfire outside a Wingstop on July 29, and a shooting on Magnolia Court in North Raleigh on July 16.
Where the Numbers Stand Citywide
Raleigh recorded 17 non-fatal shooting incidents in the second quarter of 2026, a 6% increase from 16 during the same period last year, even as overall citywide violent crime dipped 1%, per data from the Raleigh Police Department. Homicides in that same quarter fell sharply, dropping 33% year-over-year from six to four. The first quarter of 2026 had actually shown improvement on the shooting front, with 17 non-fatal shootings marking an 11% decline from 19 recorded in the first quarter of 2025, even as aggravated non-firearm assaults rose 5% to 230 incidents that quarter…