Three arrested in fatal shooting near Durham's Southpoint mall

Durham, N.C. — Durham police arrested three people Saturday after a man was shot and killed outside Moe's Southwest Grill on Fayetteville Road near the Streets at Southpoint mall.

Brian Christopher Keys, 24, of Greensboro, died in the shooting.

Police arrested Monquell L. Davis, 19, of Lutz Lane, Deshario Tamaurious Mitchell, 18, of Marne Avenue, and Kadeem Rasheed Johnson, 18, of Umstead Street and charged them with murder.

Davis also faces fleeing to elude arrest and felony hit and run resulting in injury charges.

Officers responded to the restaurant, in the Renaissance Center across the street from Southpoint, about 12:50 p.m. and found Keys in the parking lot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

After being given a description of a suspect vehicle, officers attempted to stop a Jeep Liberty matching that description a short time later on Fayetteville Road. The driver refused to stop and fled from officers before crashing near Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, police said.

Three people inside the Jeep Liberty were taken to the Durham Police Department for questioning and later arrested. Police said Keys knew the suspects and that it appears they shot him inside the Jeep.

"This city, these citizens are not going to tolerate the gun violence on our citizens in Durham. We're just not going to tolerate it," said Durham police Captain Patrice Andrews.

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no offense to anyone, back then you would have never seen a white person downtown after 5pm, but now I have to look twice, and check the clock when I drive around downtown.. Things have changed for the better, but Mayor Bell, I challenge you to do the right thing, GET TOUGH ON THE PROBLEM, and please understand that time is a factor. CLEAN IT UP....

ABM
February 12, 2013 12:37 p.m.

I grieve that a young man has lost his life. I grieve that 3 young men have changed their lives with this violent action. I agree that the most stringent and severe punishment is deserved. I believe that we must build the plane while we fly it. We can't just punish it away. We must address the underlying issues such as poverty and education. This does not mean that we do nothing to punish or even go lightly. Severe punishment is warranted. Without attempting to determine and address root cause, you create an unsustainable system.

epee131
February 12, 2013 12:35 p.m.

Didn't the Mayor (Bell) want a significant increase in the bail for criminals that used guns, but it was called a bad idea. That is because all the offenders would NOT be able to bail out, and have to stay in jail.. Definition, all the money would stop flowing..

Increase the bail amount, build an additional jail if you must, somewhere far from the city limits where there is no public transportation access, and the ones locked up don't feel like there in a "home away from home".. I understand the reason for placing the jail downtown, but when I drive by and see all the people just hanging out there, I can see where it becomes this place where you are not afraid to go.

Face it Durham, the criminals are comfortable in your jail, why else are they there so often.

As a Durham native, this is not going to get any better, unless you make a drastic change. Mayor Bell, I like what you have done to Durham, it is a far better place now then when I grew up in East Durham (80's and 90's)

ABM
February 12, 2013 12:11 p.m.

I pay you pay...didn't happen at Southpoint Mall. Happened across the street.

amenmike
February 11, 2013 7:49 p.m.

Georgia passed the two strikes law because the violent criminals were being released to the streets. If you feel that something needs to be done about the revolving door justice, contact Governor McCrory to put an end to the violent criminals preying on the citizens of this state.

jmrado47
February 11, 2013 5:38 p.m.