Reward Offered for Leads in Durham Police Shooting

Officer D.B. Vereen was responding to a break-in call in northern Durham on Sunday night when he confronted two men at the back of a house at 1410-A Cherrycrest Drive and gunfire was exchanged.

One of the men is described as a black male with a medium complexion in his late teens or early 20s. He had short hair and was wearing a long white T-shirt and blue jeans.

A second man is described as a black male with cornrows or dreadlocks and wearing a black T-shirt.

Vereen was wearing a bulletproof vest. He was treated and released from Duke University Hospital Monday morning.