What started as a drive up to the Durham County Sheriff’s Office East Station on Wake Forest Highway turned into a scene straight out of a crime drama on Tuesday afternoon, when a couple pulled into the lot with gunshot wounds and a child sitting unhurt inside the car.
Deputies said both adults had serious injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. The shooting appears to have grown out of a domestic dispute.
How deputies say it unfolded
According to a statement from the Durham County Sheriff’s Office, just after 1:00 p.m. Tuesday a black sedan pulled into the east station parking area in the 5300 block of N.C. 98/Wake Forest Highway. A passenger inside the car asked for help for apparent gunshot wounds.
Emergency medical crews responded and took both the driver and the passenger to a nearby hospital, while deputies locked down the immediate area and began processing the scene. Investigators later recovered a firearm they believe was used in the shooting, and Wake Forest Highway was temporarily closed between Baptist Road and Olive Branch Road while evidence was collected.
Victims, evidence and investigation
“The injuries to the male and female located in the car were the result of a domestic dispute,” the Durham County Sheriff’s Office said in an update. Both victims remained hospitalized for treatment of severe but non-life-threatening injuries…