Police say Wake Co. man killed in Durham. Nearly 300 shot in the Bull City this year.
This story was updated Dec 21 , 2020, after police identified the latest fatal victim.
Durham police have identified two men found shot to death last week, the latest victims in a year of soaring gun violence in the city.
Police on Monday said Alexander Keith Hairston, 20, of Garner was found fatally shot Saturday morning on Fayetteville Street.
The investigation closed the entryway to a nearby Food Lion grocery store, according to ABC11, The News & Observer’s media partner.
Police said no charges have been filed and did not provide further details.
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Homcides down, but shootings way up
Saturday’s shooting came after another man was found fatally shot inside a car Dec. 14 on East Lawson Street. No charges had been filed in that case as of Monday.
Police identified him the next day as Leondras Anthony Malone, 39, of Durham.
In addition, Durham police say a man suffered serious injuries after being shot Tuesday evening in the 200 block of Archdale Drive.
Homicides in Durham are down slightly this year compared to last year at this time and the city’s most recent five-year average.
As of Nov. 28, there had been 32 homicides this year, according to the Police Department’s website. That is compared to 37 homicides by the same time last year and a five-year average of homicides by that date of 34.
Total shootings, however, are up in Durham this year.
As of Nov. 28, Durham police records show there had been 882 shooting incidents reported, compared to 615 by the same time last year, The News & Observer previously reported.
A total of 291 people had been shot in those incidents, 28 of them fatally, compared to 179 people, 32 of them fatally, by the same time last year, police statistics showed.
This story was originally published December 19, 2020 at 5:44 PM.
