4 people were shot in Durham over the weekend, one man killed

Four people were shot in Durham over the weekend, including a man who was killed and a teenage girl who was critically injured in a shooting in the East Durham area, police said.

▪ Police responded after 3 a.m. Saturday to an area near the intersection of East Lawson Street and Wabash Street, where they found a man who had been shot, police said by email Monday afternoon. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

▪ Police responded just before 11 a.m. Sunday to the 600 block of Reservoir Street, just south of the Durham Freeway, and found a man and 15-year-old girl who had been shot inside a home, according to a news release.

They were taken to a local hospital, where the man was later pronounced dead. Police identified him Tuesday as Jayquon Taborn, 20, of Durham.

Th girl has life-threatening injuries, the news release stated. Neither of the victims’ names has been released.

▪ Media outlets report a fourth person was shot Sunday evening in the 3700 block of Wiggins Street in northeast Durham. That person also has life-threatening injuries.

Durham shooting statistics

Despite the weekend shootings, overall shootings with reported injuries are down roughly 40% in Durham this year compared to last year.

As of June 21, 75 people had been shot, compared to 127 by the same time in 2024 and 86 in 2023, according to the latest police statistics available Monday.

Twelve of the people shot by that date died, compared to 21 and 18 by the same date in each of the previous two years.

Anyone with any information about Sunday morning’s shooting is asked to call Investigator D.N. Hall at 919-560-4440 ext. 29319.

People can also submit a CrimeStoppers tip about any of the shootings at durhamcrimestoppers.org or 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash up to $2,000 rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases, and callers don’t have to identify themselves.

This story was originally published June 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM.