Durham police investigating apparent murder-suicide near Duke, VA hospitals
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- Durham police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide near Duke Hospital.
- A man and woman were found fatally shot on Crest Street and pronounced dead at the scene.
- The investigation remained ongoing as of Wednesday morning.
Durham police are investigating after an apparent murder-suicide left two people dead Tuesday.
Officers were called around 10 p.m. to the 2800 block of Crest Street near Duke University Hospital and the Durham VA Health Care System, according to a Durham Police Department news release.
A man and a woman were found fatally shot and pronounced dead at the scene, the release said.
Police identified them as Maurice Langston, 36, of Goldsboro and Shakeva Dixon, 27, of Durham.
The investigation was ongoing Wednesday morning.
As of Jan. 24, there had been 13 people shot in Durham this year, up from 10 and seven by the same time in the last two years, according to police statistics.
Three of the people shot had died, compared to two and one in each of the previous two years.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator D. Johnson at 919-560-4440 ext. 29541 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200 or 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.
This story was originally published February 4, 2026 at 8:02 AM with the headline "Durham police investigating apparent murder-suicide near Duke, VA hospitals."
