Crime

A Durham shooting left a teen dead. Now police are looking for this car.

The Durham Police Department is looking for a car that may have been involved in a shooting that left a 19-year-old dead.

Investigators are seeking a black sedan, possibly a 2009-2014 Acura TL, with black rims, tinted windows and a sunroof.

Around 8:30 p.m. June 14, police responding to a shooting on U.S. 15-501 North near Pickett Road found Jeremiah Dixon shot inside a car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Dixon was traveling north on the highway when shots were fired from another vehicle, believed to be the black sedan, also traveling north.

Police did not say whether the incident was road rage or if the occupants of the two cars knew each other.

Durham Police is looking for a vehicle believed to have been involved in a fatal shooting on U.S. 15-501 that left a teen dead
Durham Police is looking for a vehicle believed to have been involved in a fatal shooting on U.S. 15-501 that left a teen dead Durham Police Department Durham Police Department

The department is asking anyone who was traveling nearby who may have seen this car, or the shooting, to call Investigator M. Adams at 919-560-4440 extension 29546 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200.

This story was originally published June 29, 2022 at 2:34 PM with the headline "A Durham shooting left a teen dead. Now police are looking for this car.."

Kristen Johnson
The News & Observer
Kristen Johnson is a local government reporter covering Durham for The News & Observer. She previously covered Cary and western Wake County. Prior to coming home to the Triangle, she reported for The Fayetteville Observer and spent time covering politics and culture in Washington, D.C. She is an alumna of UNC at Charlotte and American University. 
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