Person shot and killed in Chapel Hill, 2nd shooting of the night
Police in Chapel Hill are investigating a homicide.
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On Monday around 10:30 p.m., officers with the Chapel Hill Police Department responded to the 300 block of S. Estes Drive, where they found K’son Lamoriquia Thorpe, 27, of Oxford, dead.
Thorpe died from gunshot injuries, police said. There was no information about the shooter or a motive.
The Chapel Hill Police Department said someone was shot hours earlier, around 5 p.m. on N.C. Highway 54. Police said one driver fired shots at another driver’s vehicle, leaving a passenger with a non-life-threatening injury.
The shootings do not appear to be connected.
Anyone with information about either shooting should call 911 or contact the Chapel Hill Police Department at 919-968-2760 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday). Callers who wish to remain anonymous can call Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Crime Stoppers at 919-942-7515
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