A man was killed in a shooting at McDougald Terrace in Durham Wednesday night – the second shooting to happen at these apartments in less than five hours.
At 10:43 p.m., Durham police responded to the 1200 block of E. Lawson Street (McDougald Terrace), where a man had been shot and killed. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Investigators are on scene determining the circumstances around this shooting.
This is an ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Investigator B. Garth at 919-560-4440 ext. 29313 or Durham Crime Stoppers at www.durhamcrimestoppers.org or 919-683-1200.
Hours earlier, another man was shot at the McDougald Terrace apartments.
The shooting happened around 6:20 p.m. in the 1200 block of Ridgeway Avenue, where police found a man who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to police.
WRAL News is working to learn whether these two shootings are connected.
This year alone, WRAL News has reported that six people, including a 14-year-old, have been shot in Durham's McDougald Terrace neighborhood. That number climbs to eight after Wednesday's shootings.
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