A man and a woman were shot in the 100 block of Hunt Street in Durham shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, with both victims turning up separately at a local hospital suffering non-life-threatening injuries. Durham police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to come forward as investigators work to piece together what happened before dawn.
The shooting was first reported by WRAL, which noted that the two victims arrived at the hospital separately rather than together, leaving open the question of exactly how the shooting unfolded and whether the man and woman were together at the time of the gunfire. Durham police have requested that anyone with information provide it to investigators, though no suspect description or motive has been released.
The 100 block of Hunt Street sits in downtown Durham’s Central Park district near North Mangum Street, an area that mixes historic structures with newer residential development, including the Durham Central Park Cohousing Community and modern condominiums, according to Open Durham. It’s a walkable pocket of the city with easy access to Durham Central Park, making Sunday’s gunfire all the more jarring for residents there.
A Block With a Violent History
This isn’t the first time gunfire has struck this stretch of Hunt Street. In September 2023, 23-year-old Romero Eathel Bent was shot and killed during a party on the same block, a case in which the Durham Police Department asked partygoers to share videos and photos to help identify suspects. That homicide remains unsolved nearly three years later, and it’s unclear whether Sunday’s shooting has any connection to the earlier case…