Police identify Durham man fatally shot Sunday
Durham Police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in northern Durham, according to a news release Monday.
Allan Alston, a 41-year-old resident of Durham, was fatally shot early Sunday morning.
Durham Police officers found Alston just after midnight Sunday in the 100 block of Wakerobin Place. He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.
Investigators said Monday that the shooting did not seem to be random.
In 2020, 318 people in Durham were shot compared to 189 in 2019. Thirty-three people were fatally shot in 2020, compared to 32 in 2019, The News & Observer has previously reported.
The case remains under investigation, police said.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Durham Police at 919-560-4440, ext. 29335 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200.
This story was originally published January 24, 2021 at 11:01 AM.
