Raleigh shooting victim found in S. Tarboro St. house dies in hospital

A gun attack on a man on South Tarboro Street on Tuesday night became a homicide investigation Thursday after the victim died from his wounds, police said.

James Dermont Rowland was 48 years old. He died at WakeMed Hospital, police said.

Police said they found Rowland in a house in the 200 block of South Tarboro Street.

A man had called 911 shortly before 7 p.m. and said he found the man, later identified as Rowland, bleeding.

“I just walked in. He’s on the floor. He’s bleeding and stuff like that,” the caller told an operator.

The caller did not sound as if he knew the victim.

The man was bleeding from his head, the caller reported, adding that it looked like the man might have hit his head on something.

“He’s breathing, but I don’t know what happened to him,” the caller said as EMS medics and firefighters were on the way to the house.

This story was originally published November 16, 2017 at 3:17 PM with the headline "Raleigh shooting victim found in S. Tarboro St. house dies in hospital."