Five people injured in drive-by shooting on Fayetteville Street in Durham

Five people were injured in an overnight drive-by shooting in Durham, police said Friday.

Officers were dispatched at 11:51 p.m. to the 1200 block of Fayetteville Street south of the Durham Freeway.

They found three men and a woman who had been shot. They were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Thirty minutes later, a man arrived at the hospital and said he had been shot in the same location.

Police are calling the incident a drive-by shooting but released no information on possible suspects, motive or other details.

Thursday’s incident continues an increase in shootings over last year, which saw 318 people shot, a possible record in Durham.

Ninety-one people had been shot in the city as of May 22, compared to 87 at the same time last year.

Of this year’s shootings, 17 have been fatal, according to police, compared to nine at the same time last year.

Police Department vacancies

On Thursday, the City Council tentatively approved plans for shifting 20 vacant police positions to a new Community Safety Department in the coming fiscal year.

The police department currently has 79 vacancies among 556 sworn officer positions, Police Chief C.J. Davis told the council.

Police are asking anyone with information in Thursday’s shooting to call CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases.

This story will be updated when more information becomes available.

This story was originally published May 28, 2021 at 11:54 AM.