Durham police are investigating after a man was found shot dead in a parking lot on Guess Road on Tuesday evening.
Officers responded to a shooting in the 1500 block of Guess Road shortly after 8:30 p.m. and found the man outside a local business. His name has not been released.
According to the most recent statistics available, as of May 18, seventeen murders had been reported in Durham this year.
That was down from 19 homicides at the same time last year and up from 16 homicides the year before.
According to police crime statistics, as of May 18, a total of 87 people had been shot in Durham this year, including 15 people who were fatally shot.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Investigator D. Bussell at 919-560-4582 x29254 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200 or online at www.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.
We will update this story as we get more information.
