NCCU student shot in apparent robbery
Crime Stoppers has offered a reward after a North Carolina Central University student working as a street vendor was shot during an apparent attempted robbery on South Alston Avenue.
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Police said the 24-year-old student was cooking and selling jerk chicken outside LeWayne's Barbershop in the 1900 block of South Alston Avenue around 3:45 p.m. A man approached him, fired several shots and fled.
The student suffered serious injuries and was taken to Duke University Hospital.
Police described the suspect as a black man in his 20s with a brush-style hair cut. He fled in a gray, older-model minivan.
Crime Stoppers offered a reward Friday for information leading to an arrest in the shooting.
Anyone with information should call Durham police at 919-560-4415, extension 29311, or Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200. Callers to Crime Stoppers never have to identify themselves.
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