The family of London Powers, a 21-year-old North Carolina Central University student, says she had long been the victim of domestic abuse and had repeatedly sought police protection before her tragic death this week.
Powers, a Washington, D.C. native and member of NCCU’s honors program, was shot Monday afternoon at the Camden Pointe Apartments in Durham by her ex-boyfriend, 23-year-old Damien Tinsley.
Authorities said Tinsley was pronounced dead at the scene, while Powers was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. She died Tuesday morning, Aug. 19, 2025.
According to a close friend, Powers had been in the process of moving out of the apartment she once shared with Tinsley when he showed up unannounced and began arguing with her…