Five people injured in drive-by shooting in Durham on New Year’s Day, police say
Five people were shot outside a restaurant on North Miami Boulevard on Sunday afternoon in what police describe as a drive-by shooting.
Two of the people — an adult and a juvenile — were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, according to police. Three other adults suffered less serious injuries. Police said all five were “stable.”
Police say they are looking for a “dark-colored older model Honda sedan” from which witnesses say the gunshots originated. Police have not said how many people were in the car or named any suspects.
The shooting occurred at about 2 p.m. outside a Subway restaurant in The Village shopping center at the corner of North Miami and Raynor Street, near the Holloway Street intersection. Afterwards, Durham police had around 20 tags marking the location of shell casings on the pavement outside the Subway.
The shooting began as two loud pops, said Alisson Torres, who works in the shopping center.
“I thought they were fireworks at first,” Torres said. “Then the rest came all at once, and I heard everyone running away.”
Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call Investigator L. Sprinkle at 919-560-4440, ext. 29248, or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves. CrimeStoppers has operators who speak Spanish.
This story was originally published January 1, 2023 at 4:27 PM.
