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People can see an online dashboard for how the police are using ShotSpotter in a three-square-mile area of east and southeast Durham.
Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer
Police are investigating a double homicide that happened Tuesday. Police said three 16-year-olds were shot; two were killed and the third was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Family members identified one of the deceased teens as Angel Canales.
Two 16-year-old boys are dead and another 16-year-old boy is in the hospital from a shooting in Durham on Tuesday.
Sarah Krueger, WRAL Senior Durham reporter
Durham police are investigating an officer-involved crash on NC-55 in Durham. A man accused of driving while intoxicated was driving the wrong-way on the highway when he crashed into a Durham police officer. (Video credit: Steven Watkins)
Durham police officers are investigating an officer-involved crash that happened in the 3800 block of NC Highway 55.
The Durham Police Department has formed a cold case unit funded by a 3-year grant from the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) that allows them to work through the backlog of untested evidence.
Monica Casey, WRAL Durham reporter
Durham police are investigating a murder after they found a dead woman Sunday morning near a Residence Inn.
Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter
In the five-year span, the report found the city of Durham had 1,118 shooting victims in 1,011 incidents.
A new report from Duke University shows disparities in Durham police arrest rates for different types of shootings. Researchers found police are more likely to make an arrest when someone has died.
WRAL Investigates went through more than 350 pages of city emails about the ShotSpotter technology.
Police are searching for a woman wanted in connection to the death of Gregory Newsome, 38, of Durham.
In January, ShotSpotter detected 998 rounds fired in and near a three-square-mile zone in Durham. ShotSpotter sent 200 notifications to Durham police.
Durham police are seeking the public's help identifying a suspect wanted for making bomb threats at two businesses.
It is tough to find police officers, and Durham has been struggling with shortages. Now, the police department is rising to the challenge with some new recruiting strategies.
A Durham group advocating for community-led safety is asking for more money from the city to help a newly-formed group in light of recent tragedies.
HEART launched in June, sending counselors and clinicians to nonviolent 911 calls, and has thus far responded to more than 3,000 calls for things like trespassing and mental health crises.
Durham police have found a penguin sculpture after they said the piece was stolen from the 21c Hotel in Durham.
At least 20 people have been shot in Durham this month, with 96 shootings reported overall since the first day of 2023 - a higher number than the previous two years.
Sarah Krueger, WRAL Sr. Durham reporter
Several former Durham police officers are defending proactive policing units in aftermath of Tyre Nichols' death. Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn "CJ" Davis served as Durham's police chief from June 2016 to June 2021. Similar units existed before, during and after Davis' tenure in Durham.
The car appeared to break through a gate after going into the front area of the house near North Alston Avenue and Dowd Street.
WRAL Staff
Many of Durham's gun thefts are preventable crimes
