Log in to WRAL.com with one click using your favorite social network:
OR
Log in using your WRAL.com account:



Wrong email/password combination.

Forgot password?

Register with WRAL.com using your favorite social network:
OR
Register for a WRAL.com account using our web form.

Login Options

3:33 p.m. • 2-12-12

Weather Forecast for Raleigh

  • Mon: Partly Cloudy.
    • Hi: 50° F
  • Tue: Rain.
    • Hi: 53° F
  • Wed: Partly Cloudy.
    • Hi: 57° F

Other Locations

> 7 Day Forecast

Doppler Image

Marketplace Links

Social Links

Main Menu

Durham Police Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting


e-mail print friendly
Shooting
Shooting

Police were investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened late Wednesday on Seven Oaks Road.

Durham police officers were working off-duty in uniform at the Carriage House Apartments on Seven Oaks Road when they were flagged down and told that a man had pointed a gun at several people, including two children, ages 4 and 8, police said.

The officers approached the man, Willard Scott Jr., 22, who had a firearm in his hand, police said. Officers ordered him several times to drop the gun, but he refused and approached the officers, police said.

One of the officers shot Scott in the leg, police said. He was treated at Duke University Hospital and then taken to the Durham County Magistrate’s office.

Scott was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, four counts of assault by pointing a gun, possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of marijuana with the intent to manufacture, sell or deliver.

Bond was set at $150,000.

Officers recovered a .38-caliber revolver.

The officer who shot Scott, whose name hasn't been released, has been placed on administrative duty, pending the results of an investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation and the Durham Police Department’s Professional Standards Division.

RELATED TOPICS: Durham County, Durham, Duke University

e-mail print friendly

14 Comments


WRAL.com welcomes your comments on this story. All comments are moderated prior to publication based on our posting guidelines. Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved.

View Comments VIEW ALL 14 COMMENTS

This story is closed for comments. Comments on WRAL.com news stories are accepted and moderated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Latest Comments
Great job PD! Protect the citizens and you did exactly that! Thank you for your diligence and caution on behalf of the citizens of Durham.

If you watch how I move you'll mistake me for a playa or pemp Been hit wit a few shells but I dont walk wit a limp

maybe him and fifty can rap together now.

As of now there are only 11 comments to this article. Had these officers accidently hit someones car that night with a patrol car there would be 200+ comments from the armchair QB's.

Great job DPD! Just remember next time, center mass!

Good Job!!! I can imagine a happier ending (one where the criminal never has an opportunity to hold a gun again) but this works too ...Thanks.

View Comments VIEW ALL 14 COMMENTS
Report It

Multimedia

Click Here