Durham Police searching for black Honda Accord they say was used in killing

Police investigators have released photos of a car they say the suspect used in the April 2 killing of 23-year-old Brandon Langley of Durham.

Police are searching for a 2011-12 black Honda Accord with a sunroof. It appears to have some type of decal above the Accord symbol on the rear bumper.

Langley was found after officers responded to gunshots reported in the 2800 block of Chapel Hill Road at at 1:06 p.m., according to a news release.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator D. Hall at 919-560-4440 ext. 29319 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays up to $2,000 for information leading to arrests in felony cases, and callers never have to identify themselves.

Langley was the second person fatally shot in the city in five days.

On March 28, police responded to a shooting on the 3400 block of Old Chapel Hill Road, just north of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.

They found 43-year-old Samuel Carr of Durham suffering from a gunshot wound. He too was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have not announced any suspects or descriptions of suspects in either case. The News & Observer will update this story as more information becomes available.

Shootings, homicides down in Durham this year

▪ As of March 23, the latest statistics available, 33 people had been shot in Durham this year. That was down from 46 people shot by the same date in 2023 and 49 the year before.

▪ Four of the people shot this year, not counting the past week’s victims, died from their injuries. That was down from 12 fatal shootings by the same time last year and six the year before that.

▪ All told, as of March 23 there had been five homicides in Durham this year, down from 14 by the same time in 2023.

This story was originally published April 2, 2024 at 3:29 PM with the headline "Durham Police searching for black Honda Accord they say was used in killing."