Police investigating man’s fatal shooting in southern Durham
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- Durham police are investigating a fatal shooting at Churchill Apartments.
- Year-to-date shootings in Durham declined to 75 from 127 over the same 2024 period.
- Police urge public tips; CrimeStoppers offers cash for information on the case.
Durham police are investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon at an apartment complex in southern Durham.
The victim was identified as 24-year-old Amani King of Durham, police said in a Thursday morning statement.
It happened just before 2:30 p.m. at The Churchill Apartments, a gated community in the 1400 block of East Cornwallis Road, according to ABC11, The News & Observer’s newsgathering partner.
Officers responding to a call about a gunshot wound found a man shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
As of June 21, 75 people had been shot in Durham this year.
That does not include four people who were shot last weekend, one of them, 20-year-old Jayquon Taborn, fatally.
Durham gun violence trend
Overall, shootings have been trending way down this year.
The 75 people shot by June 21 compares to 127 shot by the same time in 2024 and 86 in 2023, according to police statistics.
Twelve of the people shot by that date this year died, compared to 21 and 18 fatally shot by the same date in the previous two years.
Anyone with information about Wednesday’s incident is asked to contact Investigator E. Gaither at 919-560-4440 ext.29340 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200 or online at www.durhamcrimestoppers.org.
CrimeStoppers pays up to $2,000 rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases, and callers never have to identify themselves.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
This story was originally published July 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM.