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Durham Police identify 21-year-old killed in 1 of 2 fatal shootings Saturday

One person was killed and two people had injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
One person was killed and two people had injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.

Police have identified the second of two people killed in Durham shootings on Saturday.

Tylen Wesley Baldwin, 21, died after being shot Saturday night on West Woodcroft Parkway, according to the Durham Police Department.

Two others suffered non-life threatening injuries during the shooting, Durham police said in a news release.

Durham police said in a news release they were dispatched at 7:30 p.m. and found all three of the victims. One was pronounced dead there and the other two were taken to a hospital.

It was the second deadly shooting in Durham on Saturday after three people were shot on Auto Drive that morning and one of them was killed.

Daniel Slack, 22, was killed in that shooting in an area just behind the South Square shopping center on U.S. 15-501, near a night club and several restaurants.

Police asked people with information to call (919) 560-4440 x 29312 for an investigator or (919) 683-1200 for CrimeStoppers, which pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests on felony charges and does not require callers to identify themselves.

This story was originally published April 9, 2022 at 10:29 PM.

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Jordan Schrader has covered state governments for 19 years, including as politics editor for The News & Observer since 2016. Contact him at jschrader@newsobserver.com.
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