Raleigh police charge man with murder after gas station shooting turns fatal

Raleigh police have charged a man with murder after a man who was shot multiple times at a gas station early Tuesday morning died from his injuries.

Davon Kareen Allen, 31, has been charged with killing 27-year-old Devonte Latreal Martin and possession of a firearm by felon

At around 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, police officers responded to a reported shooting at the Shell gas station at 1830 New Bern Avenue, according to ABC11, The News & Observer’s media partner.

There officers found a man who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to a hospital but later died, police reported Tuesday night.

“Officers and detectives are ... conducting an investigation to determine the circumstances of this incident,” the Raleigh Police Department stated in a news release.

Allen is being held in the Wake County Detention Center.

He was released from parole in April 2021 after serving just over eight years in prison for robbery with a dangerous weapon and other charges in connection with a 2013 incident in Wake County, according to N.C. Department of Public Safety records.

2nd fatal shooting on New Bern Avenue

Just one month ago a teen was shot in the head in the 1600 block of New Bern Avenue, The News & Observer reported.

Timothy Solis, a 16-year-old junior at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, later died from his injuries. Police have not announced an arrest in that case.

As of April 10, 34 people had been shot in Raleigh this year — twice as many as by the same day in 2021.

Anyone with information in Tuesday’s shooting is asked to call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at 919-834-HELP or to go to the CrimeStoppers website at www.raleighcrimestoppers.org for instructions on how to report a tip online or by text message. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for anonymous tips that help solve cases.

This story was originally published May 11, 2022 at 7:55 AM.