Man killed, woman injured in Durham shooting on Avondale Drive

A man was killed and a woman was injured Sunday in a shooting near businesses at Avondale Drive and North Roxboro Street.

Around 4:20 a.m., an officer with the Durham Police Department was off-duty when he heard gunshots in the 2200 block of Avondale Drive, according to police.

The officer, who was working at a nearby business, found a man and woman with gunshot wounds in a nearby parking lot.

EMS transported both people to a local hospital. The man was pronounced dead, and the woman had non-life-threatening injuries.

The scene was active for hours, clearing around 12:30 p.m. Earlier, crime scene tape was stretched across the road and blocked multiple businesses in the area, including the King D Tobacco & Vape Shop, Avondale Laundromat M&M Wireless and a location believed to be a nightclub.

Avondale Drive was closed from Howard Street to North Roxboro Street for several hours but has since reopened.

Before 11 a.m., WRAL News crews witnessed several forensics vehicles at the large scene as investigators looked for evidence.

Police said the investigation is ongoing, but the shooting appears to be an isolated incident.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Investigator C. Robinson at 919-560-4440 ext. 29415. You can also submit a Crime Stoppers tip online at www.durhamcrimestoppers.org or call 919-683-1200. Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards of up to $2,000 for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.

A Durham crime report released last week shows a violent first half of 2024.

The data shows the number of people shot in Durham is up by about 43.8% when compared to the first six months of 2023. Deadly shootings were up 16% and non-fatal shootings were up 50%.

In addition to the increase in shootings, crimes by people younger than 18 continue to rise in Durham.

In the first six months of 2023, the Durham Police Department recorded 192 juvenile offenses. In the first six months of 2024, there were 289 offenses involving youth, showing a nearly 50% increase in juvenile crime year-over-year.

The data in the crime report ends on June 30, 2024. WRAL News looked at data from more recent shootings and found, since July 1, there were 81 more shootings with 22 more people shot, totaling 430 shootings in Durham so far this year and 150 people shot.