DURHAM, N.C. _ Durham police are investigating shootings that left eight people, including two teens, injured Monday night. A man shot in the head was in critical condition.
No arrests had been made as of midafternoon Tuesday, the Durham Police Department stated in a news release.
The first shooting was reported at 5:04 p.m. when a 15-year-old was dropped off at a local hospital. He told officers he was walking in East Durham when he was shot in the leg, according to the news release.
Police responded to a call on Delano Street, where a 17-year-old told officers he was walking when he was shot in the thigh from a white car, the release stated. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Officers responded to a shooting in the 1000 block of Fairview Street at 6:09 p.m., where police say three men standing outside were shot at from a gray SUV. A 26-year-old shot in the head is in critical condition, according to the release. Another 26-year-old and a 31-year-old had non-life-threatening injuries, the release stated.
At 8:51 p.m., an officer near Cheek Road and Hardee Street was stopped by a man and woman in a car who said they had just been shot at in the 1100 block of Delano Street. A 22-year-old woman had been shot in her side, and a 21-year-old man shot in the leg. They were taken to the hospital, according to the release.
Officers later were called to WakeMed Brier Creek where a 27-year-old man had gone with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. He told officers he also had been shot on Delano Street.
As of Aug. 22, there had been 158 shooting incidents in Durham this year, with a total of 189 people shot, according to police. Those numbers do not include accidental and self-inflicted gunshots.
Anyone with information about the Monday shooting on Fairview Street is asked to call Investigator Crumbley at 919-560-4440, ext. 29163 and anyone with information about the other shootings is asked to call Investigator Justice at 919-560-4440, ext. 29119.
People may also call CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases, has operators who speak Spanish, and callers never have to identify themselves.
