Man charged in fatal Durham shooting

Officers were flagged down on Holloway Street shortly after 8:30 a.m. and told that a man had been shot. Officers found Benjamin Keith Smith, 51, in a parking lot near the intersection of Holloway and Raynor streets.

Smith was taken to a local hospital, where he died.

Witnesses said Smith and another man had been arguing before the shooting.

Officers were able to apprehend Taki D. Farley, 22, after a brief chase. He had a handgun on him at the time, police said.

Farley was charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, as well as larceny of motor vehicle and possession of a stolen motor vehicle in connection with an unrelated car theft from Chautauqua Street earlier that morning.

He remains in the Durham County jail without bond.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Investigator David Cramer at 919-560-4440, extension 29284, or Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200.