Man charged after pregnant woman shot in the head at Raleigh intersection

Maya Sherrod, 25, is one month pregnant according to her boyfriend, Tyshaun Debnam. He believes road rage triggered the shooting and says she was hit in the head.

Raleigh police said when officers were on the way to the scene, they saw a white Dodge Charger speeding on New Bern Avenue. Raleigh police then notified Garner police who saw the car on Forest Drive.

Tyler Mack Kirby, 26, is charged in connection with shooting into an occupied vehicle, felony speed to elude, assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was being held at the Wake County Detention Center.

Debnam says it all happened too fast to process what happened but that his heart hurts for his pregnant girlfriend.

"I kind of blacked out," he said. "When I heard the shots, I just blacked out."

He says Sherrod had just found out she was pregnant today.

Raleigh police responded to the shooting at 1:49 p.m. on 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 4:30 p.m.

The shooting took place very close to an area known as "the most dangerous block in Raleigh," which is along the 3100 stretch of New Bern Avenue.

While violent crime is down overall in the city over this time last year, this particular area has more calls for police service than most.