Man found shot to death in Durham parking lot

Durham police are investigating after a man was found shot to death Tuesday night in a parking lot on Guess Road.

The killing comes as shootings this year in Durham are up sharply compared to 2023, though not as high as in 2022.

Officers responded shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday to the shooting in the 1500 block of Guess Road in the Walltown neighborhood and found the man outside a local business. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released.

As of May 18, the most recent statistics available, there had been 17 reported homicides in Durham this year.

That was down from 19 homicides by the same time last year and up from 16 homicides the year before that.

More people shot in Durham this year

A total of 87 people had been shot this year in Durham as of May 18, including 15 people who were fatally shot, police crime statistics show.

That compares to 70 people shot by the same time in 2023 and 92 people by the same time in 2022, police statistics show.

Anyone with information about Tuesday’s shooting 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.

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