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Durham Police Investigate Shooting

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DURHAM, N.C. — Durham police are investigating a shooting that left a teen critically wounded late Tuesday on Holloway Street.

Officers were dispatched to a parking lot near the intersection of Holloway Street and Briggs Avenue at about 11:01 p.m. When they arrived, they found a 16-year-old male who had been shot. He was taken to Duke University Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition on Wednesday.

The assailant was described as a black male with a light complexion. He stands about 6 feet and has short hair. He was last seen wearing a dark jacket with no hood and blue jeans, and fled the scene in a newer model black Dodge Durango with factory wheels.

Investigators have not determined a motive for the shooting.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Durham Police Department at

(919) 560-4440, ext. 264

or CrimeStoppers at

(919) 683-1200

. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases, and callers never have to identify themselves.

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