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Raleigh: Shaliah Battista charged with murder after Garner Road shooting

A judge held Battista without bond at Wednesday's first appearance, WRAL and ABC11 report. ABC11 also lists a mid-November return date.

UpdatedThis story has changed since it was first published.

By Triangle Local Newsroom · Published · Updated

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What we know

Confirmed

  • Raleigh police officers were called Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, to a shooting on Garner Road and found Littlemaria Garcia, 20, had been shot. She was taken to a hospital and later died.Confirmed by Raleigh Police Department, as reported by WRAL, CBS 17 and The News & Observer (all posted Oct. 28, 2026)
  • WRAL wrote that officers arrived around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex on Garner Road. CBS 17, citing the department, used the same 3:10 p.m. clock and placed the call in the 1100 block. The News & Observer wrote "just after 3 p.m." and printed a house number; this file uses only the block.Confirmed by WRAL; CBS 17; The News & Observer (Oct. 28, 2026)
  • CBS 17's opening sentence said "Tuesday morning." That does not match its own 3:10 p.m. line or the afternoon clocks on WRAL and the newspaper. This file does not treat morning as when officers arrived.Confirmed by Comparison of CBS 17, WRAL and The News & Observer (Oct. 28, 2026)
  • WRAL names the dead woman Littlemaria Garcia, 20. CBS 17 and the newspaper write Littlemaria Catalina Garcia, 20.Confirmed by WRAL; CBS 17; The News & Observer
  • All three pages name Shaliah Battista, 18, say she stayed at the scene, and say she was arrested and charged with murder. CBS 17 and the newspaper use Shaliah Nikole Battista. CBS 17 writes that she is of Raleigh.Confirmed by Raleigh Police Department, as reported by WRAL, CBS 17 and The News & Observer
  • All three pages quote a preliminary inquiry finding that the two women were in a dating relationship when this happened. CBS 17 shortens that wording to "a relationship."Confirmed by Raleigh Police Department, as reported by WRAL, CBS 17 and The News & Observer
  • CBS 17 and the newspaper add that Garcia's injuries were first described as life-threatening. WRAL's page says she was taken to a hospital and died from her wounds, without that phrase.Confirmed by CBS 17 and The News & Observer; comparison with WRAL
  • CBS 17, citing records we have not opened, first wrote that Battista was not given bond and was scheduled for a first appearance in Wake County court on Wednesday afternoon. The newspaper independently wrote that she remains in Wake County custody and will appear Wednesday afternoon.Confirmed by Records, as reported by CBS 17; The News & Observer (both Oct. 28, 2026)
  • WRAL, in a later version of its page, wrote that during a first appearance in Wake County court Wednesday a judge ruled Battista be held without bond. ABC11 independently wrote that she appeared Wednesday and was denied bond.Confirmed by WRAL; ABC11 (both Oct. 28, 2026)
  • ABC11 wrote that she is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 18. WRAL did not print that date.Confirmed by ABC11 only (Oct. 28, 2026)
  • The News & Observer, citing court records we have not opened, wrote that Battista was charged earlier this month in Johnston County with illegally carrying a concealed gun and that those records identified a black Glock 19. WRAL's later page mentions that Johnston charge and a posted bond, without the Glock line. This file does not treat that gun as the weapon used Tuesday.Confirmed by Court records, as reported by The News & Observer (Oct. 28, 2026) and later by WRAL (fetched Oct. 29, 2026)
  • Wednesday morning loads of a written Raleigh Police Department news flash matching this shooting have not turned up on the public pages we could read.Confirmed by Editorial check of public Raleigh police pages, Oct. 28, 2026

Alleged or reported

  • Battista shot and killed Garcia.Raleigh Police Department, as reported by WRAL, CBS 17 and The News & Observer. A charge is an accusation. Everyone charged is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court

Still unknown

  • What led to the shooting
  • What weapon, if any, officials believe was used Tuesday
  • The records CBS 17 and the newspaper cite, which we have not opened
  • A Nov. 18 court time and courtroom, which ABC11 did not print
  • A written Raleigh Police Department release we can read ourselves

What this means for you

Public safety
A charge is an accusation. Everyone charged is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. Officials have not said the public is in ongoing danger from this case. This story is not an official or emergency notice. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.

Instructions from Raleigh Police Department Homicide Unit page; Raleigh/Wake Crime Stoppers

This site is not the Raleigh Police Department. For the case, use the department. Tips can go to Raleigh/Wake Crime Stoppers at 919-834-4357. This is not an emergency service. If anyone is in danger, call 911.

What happened

In Raleigh, an 18-year-old woman has been charged with murder after another woman was shot Tuesday and died afterward, according to the city's police force as reported by WRAL, CBS 17 and The News & Observer.

The three pages name Shaliah Battista, 18, and Littlemaria Garcia, 20. WNCN and the N&O write Littlemaria Catalina Garcia. WRAL skips the middle name.

A charge is an accusation. Everyone charged is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. No public statement from Battista, or from a lawyer for her, has turned up.

Where and when

WRAL wrote that officers arrived around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex on Garner Road and found Garcia had been shot. The WNCN account, quoting that force, used the same clock and put the call in the 1100 block. The newspaper used just after 3 p.m. and printed a house number. This file keeps only the block.

CBS 17's opening sentence said Tuesday morning. That does not match its own 3:10 p.m. line or the afternoon clocks on WRAL and the newspaper, so morning is not treated here as the arrival time.

What the pages share next

All three accounts say Garcia was taken to a hospital and died there. The WNCN story and the newspaper add that her injuries were first called life-threatening. WRAL leaves that phrase out.

They also say Battista stayed there and was arrested. CBS 17 writes that she is of Raleigh. WRAL's page uses Shaliah Battista; CBS 17 and the newspaper add Nikole.

A preliminary inquiry, quoted on all three pages, found the two women were in a dating relationship when this happened. CBS 17 shortens that to "a relationship."

What only some pages add

CBS 17, citing records still closed to us, first said she was held without bond and was due in Wake County court Wednesday afternoon. The newspaper independently wrote that she remains in county custody and would appear that afternoon.

WRAL later wrote that a judge, at that Wednesday first appearance, ordered her held without bond. ABC11 separately reported the same no-bond result and a Nov. 18 return date. WRAL omitted that November date.

The newspaper, citing files we have not read, also reported a Johnston County charge earlier this month for illegally carrying a concealed gun and that those papers identified a black Glock 19. WRAL's later page mentions that Johnston charge and a posted bond, without the Glock line. This file does not treat that pistol as the weapon used Tuesday.

A written department release still has not turned up.

Triangle Local is not Raleigh's police force. If anyone is in danger, call 911.

What we don't know yet

Officials have not said what led to the shooting, or what weapon they believe was used Tuesday. ABC11 did not print a time or courtroom for that November date.

Photos

Text-only. No outlet or department photos are used here.

Why it matters

City police have charged an 18-year-old after a woman was shot and later died on Garner Road. Readers need the names officials have released, that a judge has now held her without bond, and that a charge is not a conviction.

Updates

  1. Oct 29, 2026, 8:05 AM

    WRAL and ABC11 independently report that a judge held Battista without bond at Wednesday's first appearance. ABC11 also lists a mid-November return date. WRAL did not print that date.

  2. Oct 28, 2026, 10:12 AM

    WRAL, CBS 17 and The News & Observer, each citing Raleigh police, report that Shaliah Battista, 18, was charged with murder after Littlemaria Garcia, 20, was shot Tuesday on Garner Road and later died. The pages still split on Garcia's middle name, on morning versus 3:10 p.m., and on how they describe the block. The newspaper's house number is not used here.

Sources

  1. Woman accused of shooting, killing another woman in Raleigh (WRAL staff, first posted Oct. 28, 2026, 9:09 a.m. Eastern as stamped in feeds, later version fetched Oct. 29: Raleigh police; Shaliah Battista / Shaliah Nikole Battista, 18; Littlemaria Garcia, 20; apartment complex on Garner Road; officers arrived around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday; Garcia taken to a hospital and died; Battista remained at the scene; arrested on a murder charge; preliminary investigation, dating relationship; first appearance Wednesday, judge ruled she be held without bond; family spoke outside court. Text-only; no WRAL photos used.)

    Official sourcePublished by Raleigh Police Department, via WRAL · Checked Oct 29, 2026, 8:04 AM

  2. Woman charged with murder after girlfriend shot and killed in Raleigh, police say (CBS 17 / WNCN, posted Oct. 28, 2026, 8:46 a.m. Eastern, modified 8:58 a.m.: Raleigh Police Department; opening sentence said Tuesday morning; officers around 3:10 p.m. in the 1100 block of Garner Road; Littlemaria Catalina Garcia, 20; hospital with life-threatening injuries, later died; Shaliah Nikole Battista, 18, of Raleigh, remained at the scene; charged with murder; preliminary investigation, a relationship; inquiry ongoing; records, no bond; first appearance Wake County court Wednesday afternoon. Read via the station's public WordPress JSON because the HTML page returned 403 here. Text-only; no CBS 17 or department photos used.)

    Published by CBS 17 (WNCN) · Checked Oct 28, 2026, 10:10 AM

  3. Raleigh woman fatally shot; girlfriend charged with murder (The News & Observer, Faith Wardwell, posted Oct. 28, 2026, 9:08 a.m.: officers responded to 1107 Garner Road just after 3 p.m. Tuesday; Littlemaria Catalina Garcia, 20; hospital with life-threatening injuries, later died; Shaliah Nikole Battista, 18, dating relationship, remained on the scene, arrested, murder charge, Wake County custody; court Wednesday afternoon; earlier this month Johnston County concealed-gun charge, court records identified as a black Glock 19; officials have not said what led to the shooting or what weapon they believe was used Tuesday. House number is recorded here only so we do not reprint it in the story. Text-only; no newspaper photos used.)

    Published by The News & Observer · Checked Oct 28, 2026, 10:10 AM

  4. Family talks after Raleigh woman's alleged domestic violence death (ABC11 / WTVD, DeJuan Hoggard, Oct. 28, 2026, 10:36 p.m.: officers arrived at 3:13 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 1100 block of Garner Road near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; Littlemaria Catalina Garcia, 20; hospital, later died; Shaliah Nikole Battista, 18, arrested at the scene, charged with murder; investigators said the two were in a relationship; appeared in court Wednesday and was denied bond; scheduled to return Nov. 18. Family quotes and the 3:13 clock are ABC11's. This file does not flatten 3:13 onto WRAL's 3:10 p.m. line. Text-only; no ABC11 or family photos used.)

    Published by ABC11 · Checked Oct 29, 2026, 8:04 AM

  5. Raleigh Police Department Homicide Unit page (fetched Oct. 28, 2026: anonymous Raleigh CrimeStoppers line 919-834-4357). No written news flash matching this Garner Road shooting was posted on that public page.

    Official sourcePublished by City of Raleigh · Checked Oct 28, 2026, 10:10 AM

  6. Raleigh CrimeStoppers (anonymous tip line; 919-834-4357 also listed on the department homicide page)

    Official sourcePublished by Raleigh CrimeStoppers · Checked Oct 28, 2026, 10:10 AM

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