Raleigh police charged a 23-year-old man with felony assault early Friday after a week-long turmoil. of rush hour shootings along Interstate 40 and near I-440.

Andrew Thomas Graney of Kentford Court faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury and discharging a weapon into a dwelling or occupied vehicle.

Court records list Graney as unemployed. He is being held without bond at the Wake County Jail.

His arrest came after Raleigh police scrambled to find the shooter who shot at eight cars and four homes, all in southwest Raleigh along Interstate 40 between Monday and Thursday.

Police Chief Estella Patterson announced that two “persons of interest” were arrested Thursday afternoon, both from Kentford Court in southwest Raleigh.

Officers responded Thursday morning to a single gunshot fired into a man’s car door on Trailwood Drive Thursday morning, causing no injuries but raising residents’ fears that the victims were being attacked at random.

“We understand that the community is concerned and fear arises naturally in an event of this magnitude,” Patterson said at a news conference.

Two cars shot on Trailwood Drive

Thursday’s shooting occurred shortly before 9 a.m. in the 1500 block of Trailwood, which is about a half-mile from I-40 and near the Gorman Street exit, where one of the earlier shootings occurred.

Police later reported a second shooting in a car on Trailwood Drive and several homes were included in the investigation.

Raleigh Deputy Chief Rico Boyce said at the scene on Trailwood Drive on Thursday that the department had “no credible information” yet that the shooting was related to others. But Patterson confirmed at Thursday’s news conference that the shootings were related.

“I want to assure the community that we are doing everything we can as the city of Raleigh to keep our citizens safe,” Boyce said.

Shootings on and near I-40 in Raleigh

The first two shootings occurred Monday near Cary Towne Boulevard, where a woman was wounded in the leg, and then near Buck Jones Road.

Four more cars were shot Wednesday, the first three at Trinity Road, Avent Ferry Road and Cary Towne Boulevard near I-40, and the last at Jones Franklin Road and Capital Center Drive.

Police list Trailwood Drive as the seventh vehicle shooting this week. They are also investigating a series of shots fired at Raleigh homes: the 2400 block of Centennial Ridge Way, the 3200 block of Shire Lane and two in the 2000 block of Wolf Tech Lane.

“The Raleigh Police Department continues to investigate these incidents and has focused our resources on identifying the person or persons responsible,” Senior Detective Christopher Gay said in a news release Thursday. “We will continue to work with our federal, state and local law enforcement partners to ensure the safety of those traveling our streets and highways.”

A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. Contact the Raleigh Police Department at 919-996-3335 or visit Crimestoppers at www.raleighcrimestoppers.org and click “Leave a Tip” in the top right corner of the page.

Police said they believed the weapon used was a handgun.

Timeline of the shootings

Here is a timeline of the shootings, according to the Raleigh Police Department.

Monday

on I-40 near Cary Towne Boulevard. A car was hit and a victim was shot in the leg.

on I-40 near Buck Jones Road. No one was injured in the only car that crashed.

Wednesday

in the 2400 block of Centennial Ridge Way. A house was hit and there were no injuries.

in the 3200 block of Shire Lane. A house was hit and no one was injured.

on I-40 near Trinity Road. A car; no injuries.

on I-40 near Avent Ferry Road. A car crashed; no injuries.

on I-40 near Cary Towne Boulevard; A vehicle hit; no injuries.

on Jones Franklin Road near Capital Center Drive. A car crashed; no injuries.

in the 2000 block of Wolf Tech Lane. Two houses impacted; no injuries.

Thursday

in the 1500 block of Trailwood Drive; Two cars collided, no one was injured.