Man charged with murder in NCCU football player’s fatal shooting

A 20-year-old man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an North Carolina Central football player, Durham police said in a news release.

Denzel James Fitzgerald was indicted for the March 3 homicide earlier this week, police said. He turned himself into police on Wednesday, police said.

Officers found 20-year-old Trevor Malik VanDyke shot to death around 9:30 p.m. in the 4600 block of Industry Lane. According to an investigation, VanDyke was shot in the 1400 block of East Cornwallis Road and drove to Industry Lane following the shooting.

VanDyke graduated from Clayton High School in Johnston County. After the shooting last month, VanDyke’s former high school coach, Hunter Jenks, spoke highly of his former player.

“Trevor was a top-notch person,” said Jenks, who coached VanDyke during his varsity seasons. “He will walk into a room, and his smile would just make it better. Talking with the coaches at Central, they said he was doing really well and was starting to turn the corner. They were excited about him there.”

The case remains under investigation, police said.