Suspect surrenders in drive-by shooting
Published: Tue, Oct. 28, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Oct. 28, 2008 03:27AM
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closeDURHAM -- A man sought in connection with an August drive-by shooting in Durham turned himself in Monday, Durham police reported.
The suspect, Alton Dewayne "Popeye" Sanders, has been charged with shooting a man on Hoover Road in August. He was jailed in lieu of $532,500 bail.
Sanders, 24, of Wabash Street, faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling and discharging a firearm within the city limits.
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The charges stem from a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex at 1126 South Hoover Road at 11:50 p.m. on Aug. 4. A 22-year-old male who was standing in front of an apartment building was shot in the leg and buttocks by occupants of two vehicles.
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