DURHAM — Police who responded to the shooting of a fellow officer late Tuesday morning in North Durham surrounded a nearby apartment building with a heavily armed SWAT team and investigated an abandoned vehicle in the neighborhood before the suspect peacefully turned himself in to authorities in another part of town.

The police officer, whose name has not been made public, was apparently shot by a motorist on Forest Road, near Guess Road and Broad Street, during a traffic stop about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to Durham Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael.

Details of the incident are still being investigated, she said.

Carlos Antonio Riley Jr., 21, of Rosetta Drive, was later arrested and charged with assault on a law enforcement officer causing serious injury, robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The wounded officer was conscious and alert when he was transported to the hospital, Michael said.

The suspect drove to New Castle Road, where he left his car. Investigators found the car and thought the suspect might be inside an apartment on New Castle Road, near Stadium Drive.

The parade of officers who arrived at the apartment surrounded the building and ordered the evacuation of two nearby apartment buildings. Nearly three hours passed while police officers with a bullhorn commanded a suspect they thought was inside the apartment to surrender.

Michael said members of the department’s selective enforcement team entered the apartment on New Castle Road, but she would not confirm witness accounts that the officers lobbed a concussion bomb into the home before going inside.

Riley turned himself in around 1:15 p.m. to police on Rosetta Drive, more than four miles away.

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