Man dies in another fatal shooting at Durham shopping center
A man died from a shooting in Durham on Friday morning.
Police said the man was shot at The Village Shopping Center at the corner of Miami Boulevard and Raynor Street. First responders arrived shortly after 10 a.m. and took the man to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Caution tape was up around much of the shopping center around noon. The Village, located at the intersection of Holloway Street and Miami Boulevard, has been an active area for shootings in recent memory. It's the same scene where five people were shot on New Year's Day in 2023. In July 2023, a man died from a drive-by shooting at a bus stop along Raynor Street across from the shopping center. In August 2023, shots were fired at the McDonald's within the plaza, but no one was hit.
The LexisNexis community crime map shows seven aggravated assaults in this plaza since Jan. 1 of 2023.
Ashley Covington was headed to get lunch at Subway when she found the crime scene instead.
"My heart just, it like dropped," Covington said. "I saw it on the news and my heart dropped, like...again?"
"Back when I was a kid it was nothing like this," Convington said. "I'm just kind of concerned for the residents of Durham, and I hope it gets better."
Jonathan Burwell was also planning to get lunch in this shopping plaza that he frequents. He's disappointed to hear of another shooting.
"It's just a sad case," Burwell said. "I've been at a loss for words. It's just never going to stop, until the community gets involved - not just talk about it, but get involved."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator C. Bernock at 919-560-4440 ext. 29414 or CrimeStoppers at (919) 683-1200, or online at durhamcrimestoppers.org. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards of up to $2,000 for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.
