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Raleigh police arrested 23-year-old Andrew Graney, a senior at NC State, in connection to a series of shootings that occurred between Nov. 4 and 7, after using phone data and evidence linking him to the crime scenes.

Gun, ammo and electronics seized from home of NC State student charged in series of shootings

<p>&gt;&gt; YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN. A LOT OF INSIGHT COMING OUT OF THAT. AND TONIGHT WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS IN SEE STATE STUDENT CHARGED IN THESE SHOOTINGS. HE'S AN ANTHROPOLOGY MAJOR FROM HIGH POINT AND WAS INVOLVED IN THEATER IN HIGH SCHOOL, WRAL. SHAUN GALLAGHER SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE WHO NEW GRAINY SEAN, HOW IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD HE LIVED IN TAKING THIS NEWS? &gt;&gt; YEAH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CUL-DE-SAC YESTERDAY RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME HAS NEIGHBORS AROUND HERE TO ABSOLUTELY STUNNED AND NOSE. WHO KNEW THIS MAN SAY THAT THEY ARE STUNNED AS WELL. &gt;&gt; FLASH BANGS, HEAVILY ARMED OFFICERS AND AN ARREST. YEAH, IT WAS CRAZY. YEAH, I CAME HOME AND I CALLED THE CONSULATE BLOCKED OFF AND IT FELT MORE LIKE A MOVIE SCENE FOR PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. A MOVIE IS WHERE SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY'D SEE ANDREW GRAINY WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER LIKE WRAL'S KAT CAMPBELL SHOCKED DATE. &gt;&gt; HEAR THIS NEWS. I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS. I WOULD SEE HIS NAME IF HE WAS GOING TO BE FAMOUS ON BROADWAY, NOT IN A MUG SHOT. SHE REMEMBERS A YOUNG GRAINY PERFORMING IN PLAYS WITH THE OLDER KIDS. BUT THE KIDS SHE KNEW IS AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM AT ALL FROM THE MUG SHOT. HE WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOKING WHEN I KNOW I'M TRYING SO HARD TO DO THAT HOMEWORK. RECENT VIDEOS ONLINE SHOW HIM IN A MUCH DIFFERENT LIGHT. SOME HE TIKTOK INSTEAD. I HOPE THAT CONVEYS MIND JUST CROSSED THE SO HE WAS VERY OUTGOING. &gt;&gt; YOU KNOW, HE WAS ON STAGE. HE WAS HANGING OUT WITH OLDER KIDS. HE WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME WHO'S VERY SOCIAL WITH US. NEVER NEVER SHY. ACCORDING TO SEARCH WARRANTS OBTAINED BY WRAL FOR GREENIES HOME AND CAR POLICE FOUND A DIGITAL CAMERA LAPTOP HANDGUN, AMMUNITION AND SPENT SHELL CASINGS. &gt;&gt; THE OUTGOING STAR OF THE STAGE NOW ACCUSED IN THE STRING OF SHOOTINGS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE MAN DOWN THE STREET. I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY SUPER SHOCKING THAT LIKE. &gt;&gt; YOU KNOW, IT'S IT BECOMES REAL BECAUSE IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT SITS ON THE NEWS, THIS KIND OF DISTANT FROM YOU. IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE THE ONES IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD. IT'S AND THAT IS THAT'S REAL. &gt;&gt; AND EARLIER TODAY ACTUALLY TALKED WITH THE LANDLORD OF THIS HOUSE. HE TELLS ME THAT A GRAINY AND 3 OTHERS ACTUALLY LIVED IN THIS HOUSE, ALL OF THEM NC STATE STUDENTS. GRANNY HAS BEEN HERE SINCE AUGUST AND HE SAYS HE'S NEVER HAD AN ISSUE</p>

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Earlier on Thursday, with fear in the community heightened from all the shootings, WRAL News asked Raleigh police several questions.

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Raleigh police have made a third arrest after shots were fired Oct. 26 in a parking deck at Crabtree Valley Mall, striking several cars.



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