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3 charged with murder of 36-year-old Durham woman

The Durham Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one woman dead Friday night.

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3 charged with murder of 36-year-old Durham woman
DURHAM, N.C. — Durham police on Saturday charged three men with the murder of a 36-year-old Tequila Smith, who was found shot Friday night.

Officers were dispatched on Friday shortly after 9:45 p.m. to the 100 block of E. Umstead St. Police located a deceased woman, identified as Tequila Smith, of Durham, outside on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound.

Police later arrested and charged three men in connection to the murder: Jamal Shamsuddeen, 23, Aquan Pitts, 24, and Mustafa Magwood, 20. All three were charged with murder, police said.

Shamsuddeen and Magwood were taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, police said. Authorities are investigating how the two men were shot.

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