Hillsborough police charge teen with murder after 2 people shot near downtown this month
A 17-year-old was charged Wednesday with fatally shooting a man and injuring a woman near downtown Hillsborough earlier this month, police said.
The teenager, whose name was not released because they are a juvenile, is accused of shooting and killing Cailee Azariah Parker, 20, of Durham, on Sept. 13, police said in a news release.
The teen is charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, felony conspiracy and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, Hillsborough police said in a news release.
Police found the man and woman in the 200 block of West Orange Street after responding to a report of multiple people with gunshot wounds around 10 p.m.
Parker died at Duke University Hospital, where an 18-year-old Hillsborough woman also was treated for her injuries. Police are withholding the woman’s identity and have not said how the suspect knew the victims.
They arrested the suspect around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday with the help of Durham police and officers with the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation, they said.
The investigation into the shooting is continuing, police said, and anyone with information can call Hillsborough police Sgt. Will Felts via email or at 919-296-9553.
Anonymous crime tips can also be reported by calling 919-296-9555, using the See it, Say it, Send it app or the See it, Say it, Send it website, or by sending a message to the police department through its Facebook page.
Hillsborough mom shot in August
It was the second shooting in a month for the small town.
A 19-year-old woman is charged in the other case with shooting her mother 12 times on Aug. 14 in their apartment on South Nash Street in Hillsborough.
Jaydah Westmoreland is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 41-year-old mother, Delila Nicole Westmoreland, who was found dead and wrapped in a comforter on her bedroom floor, according to an autopsy report released Thursday.
Westmoreland also is charged with kidnapping. Police said she left the apartment after the shooting with her 2-year-old sibling and arrived at a relative’s apartment in her mother’s car around noon Aug. 14, according to an investigative report.
Delila Westmoreland’s sons later went to their mother’s apartment, where they found her and called 911, the report said.
Police and prosecutors have not commented on a motive for Delila Westmoreland’s fatal shooting.
This story was originally published September 27, 2023 at 9:05 PM with the headline "Hillsborough police charge teen with murder after 2 people shot near downtown this month."
