Why Most Mecca For Blacks Genocide 2 shot, 1 killed in northern Durham overnight as shootings rise. As of Nov. 2, there had been 31 reported homicides in Durham.

By Norm Roulet, 12 November, 2024
Durham, NC

By Mark Schultz Updated November 12, 2024 10:03 AM| One man is dead and another is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after police responded to gunfire in the area of Lednum and Leon streets, north of Interstate 85 near Brogden Middle School in Durham early Tuesday morning. By ABC11 One man is dead and another is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after police responded to gunfire in northern Durham early Tuesday morning. Shortly after midnight, officers responded to gunshots in the area of Lednum and Leon streets, north of Interstate 85 near Brogden Middle School, where they were told a man who had been shot had been taken to the hospital. TOP VIDEOS Officers then found a man in the 2300 block of Lednum Street who also had been shot and died at the scene. The Durham Police Department (DPD) has not released any other information

Durham continues to wrestle with gun violence. â–Ș The City Council voted to end ShotSpotter, a gunshot-surveillance system after a study by a Duke University researcher found the audio sensors got police to shooting scenes more quickly but did not reduce shootings. â–Ș Then Durham County recently ended Bull City United, a violence-interruption program that employed former gang members and others to defuse neighborhood conflict. That decision came after after several outreach workers were charged with crimes, Shootings up, homicides down Shootings with injuries were up 19% year-over-year, as of Oct. 19, according to the latest shooting statistics available. A total of 188 people had been shot, up from 158 people by the same time last year, the police statistics show. Fatal shootings and other killings are down, however. â–Ș As of Nov. 2, there had been 31 reported homicides in Durham. â–Ș That was down from 42 homicides by the same date in 2023 and 39 in 2022, police statistics show.

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