A 19-year-old died Tuesday night after he was shot by a person inside a passing car on U.S. Highway 15-501 in Durham.
Police identified the man as Jeremiah Tobias Dixon of Durham.
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The shooting happened near Pickett Road around 8:30 p.m. Police said when they arrived, they found a man who had been shot inside a car. Dixon died at the scene of the shooting.
Police said Dixon was driving northbound on U.S. 15-501 when shots were fired from another car also traveling northbound.
Durham police said on Wednesday afternoon that the shooting was not random and was not a road rage shooting. The police did not release any other details about what led the shooting and Dixon's family refused to speak with WRAL News.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact Investigator M. Adams at 919-560-4440, extension 29546, or Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200.
In April, Chris Stinnett was shot in a road rage incident also on 15-501 in Durham. Roughly a week later, a husband and father dodged gunfire on 15-501 at the intersection of Garrett Road while he had his two dogs with him.