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Posted: July 5, 2011

Police investigate Durham shooting death

Durham, N.C. — Police were investigating a Tuesday afternoon homicide on Hardee Street in Durham.

Officers were dispatched to a reported shooting in the 600 block of Hardee Street shortly after noon, and they found Orlando Martinez lying in a parking lot with a gunshot wound.

Martinez, 32, of Hardee Street, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators said the shooting apparently occurred during an altercation. No one has been charged in Martinez' death.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Durham police at 919-560-4322, extension 29335, or Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200.

Web Editor: Matthew Burns

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