A quiet Saturday night at the Rise apartments on Westminster Drive in Chapel Hill turned chaotic when a man was shot and left under a building breezeway with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers rushed him to a hospital for treatment, and as of Sunday there had been no arrests while investigators continued working the scene.
The shooting was reported around 11:55 p.m., and investigators believe someone opened fire, then took off from the area. Police found the victim beneath a breezeway in the complex and transported him to a hospital for care, according to WRAL.
Context in Chapel Hill
The shooting adds to a string of recent gun-related incidents around the Triangle and follows an earlier downtown Chapel Hill case that led to a weeklong manhunt. That March incident ended with the arrest of a suspect and drew in help from multiple regional law enforcement agencies. In the wake of these cases, local officials have urged residents to share any video or eyewitness information that could help investigators…