One dead, another injured in shooting at Durham gas station

A convenience store employee is dead and another person is injured after being shot Tuesday morning during an apparent robbery at the Durham store, police said.

The Durham Police Department is investigating the shooting at the Family Fare convenience store at 2918 Guess Road north of Interstate 85, department spokeswoman Kammie Michael said. Officers were dispatched to the shooting about 7 a.m. and discovered the employees when they arrived.

One of the clerks, 41-year-old John Wesley Pruitt Jr., was taken to Duke University Hospital, where he died a short time later, Michael said. A second person was taken to Duke Regional Hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound.

The incident appears to have been an attempted robbery, Michael said.

No arrests have been made in the case, but there is no threat of an active-shooter in the surrounding area, she said.

Police ask anyone with information to contact Investigator M. Evans at 919-560-4440, ext. 29336, or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felonies.

This story was originally published February 14, 2017 at 8:18 AM with the headline "One dead, another injured in shooting at Durham gas station."