Crime

Durham Police release name of 2nd of 2 men shot to death in Durham last weekend

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Durham police are investigating two separate shootings on Saturday and Sunday night. Three men were shot, two of them fatally, on opposite ends of the city.

Durham police continue investigating two separate shootings in the city last weekend that caused the deaths of two men and injured a third.

Officers first responded to reports of an aggravated assault on the 300 block of East Cornwallis Road after 11 p.m. Saturday. The area is off Apex Highway and South Alston Avenue.

They found a man who had been shot. He was taken to Duke University Hospital where he died.

On Thursday police identified the man killed as 25-year-old Christopher Greene of Durham.

They have not provided a motive or other details in that shooting.

Anyone who may have any information is asked to call Investigator G. Silla at 919-560-4415, ext. 29310 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.

Second shooting reported

Shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday, police found two men suffering gunshot wounds in the 900 block of Clarendon Street, less than a 15-minute drive from the first incident.

Police said Monday that Daryl Paige, 37, of Rougemount. was dead at the scene and the other man, whose name has not been released, remained in critical condition at Duke Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

As of April 8, there had been 52 people shot in Durham this year, 13 of them fatally, according to police statistics.

Anyone with information about the shooting on Clarendon Road is asked to call 919-560-4400, ext. 29238 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200.

These are developing stories and will be updated with more information as it becomes available.

This story was originally published April 16, 2023 at 11:50 AM with the headline "Durham Police release name of 2nd of 2 men shot to death in Durham last weekend."

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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