Man charged in Durham police officer's shooting

Durham, N.C. — Durham police arrested a man Tuesday in connection with the shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop.

Carlos Antonio Riley Jr., 21, faces charges of assault on a law enforcement officer causing serious injury, robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The shooting happened around 10:20 a.m. at 1619 Forest Road, at Forest Point Apartments, near downtown Durham. Slideshow Sky 5 Images: Police officer reportedly shot in Durham

Police, including the department's Selective Enforcement Team, searched the area for about three hours before taking three men into custody for questioning shortly before 2 p.m.

Details of what happened weren't immediately available Tuesday, but Kammie Michael, a spokeswoman for the police department, said the officer was alert and conscious when he was taken to a local hospital.

The injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

The officer's name has not been released.

Anyone with information that could help police is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200.

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

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Because its not true? Where do you imagine criminals get their guns from???? Little criminal elves manufacturing them? Grand Union

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This is too good to pass up. So you say stop making guns? That's your answer? WOW!!! Why didn't this come up before? Oh, that's right, cause it's never gonna happen. And Nero fiddled as Rome burned.

Bartmeister
December 19, 2012 1:17 p.m.

"explain how to keep them from obtaining a gun? Impossible. Why make irrelevant statements?"

Unless they have a machine shop and can make them, they either buy them from a gullible or careless legal gun owner or they steal them from a careless legal gun owner......now if there were few legal gun owners how would they get the guns? Answer they wouldn't get very many and the value of them would drive them quickly out of reach of the low end criminals and nuts that do most of the killing.

Grand Union
December 19, 2012 12:33 p.m.

"No laws will keep guns away from criminals. Why is this so hard to understand."

Because its not true? Where do you imagine criminals get their guns from???? Little criminal elves manufacturing them?

Grand Union
December 19, 2012 12:29 p.m.

@Glock07k, more guns won't reduce gun violence. Why is this so hard to understand?