One man killed, two others injured in Durham shootings Sunday morning
One man was killed and two people were injured in two shootings reported in Durham on Sunday morning.
Otha Watson, 26, of Durham died at the hospital Sunday after police found him shot around 2 a.m. in the 3600 block of Hillsborough Road, the Durham Police Department stated Monday in a news release.
A private vehicle took a woman who was also injured in the shooting to the hospital, and her injures don’t appear to be life-threatening, police spokesperson Kammie Michael wrote in an email Sunday.
Around 10:30 a.m., police investigated a second shooting in the 900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Michael wrote. A man walking in the area was injured after an occupant or occupants in a vehicle fired shots, she wrote.
He was taken to the hospital with injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening, she wrote.
As of Aug. 22, more than 189 people had been shot in 158 incidents in Durham this year, The News & Observer has reported.
Twenty of the incidents involved more than two people who were shot, police said.
Anyone with information about either case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.
This story was originally published September 13, 2020 at 4:29 PM.
