Woman found dead in Durham apartment, suspect in custody

Durham police found a woman dead inside an apartment after a man surrendered himself to officers during a barricade situation on Wednesday afternoon.
Posted 9/10/2025, 9:10:12 PM Updated 9/10/2025, 10:00:08 PM

TREATMENT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP

YOU UP TO DATE ON THIS STORY AS

WELL AS IT UNFOLDS AND CLOSER

TO HOME. DURHAM POLICE ARE

INVESTIGATING 2 DEADLY

SHOOTINGS. JUST 10 MINUTES

APART.

>> THOSE HOMICIDES ARE

UNRELATED. ONE SUSPECT IS IN

CUSTODY. WRAL'S MONICA CASEY IS

AT THE SCENE ON LAUREL SPRINGS

DRIVE. MONICA, WHAT MORE ARE WE

LEARNING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED

HERE?

>> DURHAM POLICE ARRIVED HERE

AROUND 12, 30 THIS AFTERNOON

FOLLOWING REPORTS OF A

BARRICADED SUBJECT. YOU CAN

SEE HERE BEHIND ME THE

INVESTIGATION FOCUSES ON THIS

SPECIFIC APARTMENT BUILDING,

BUT IT'S A LARGE CRIME SCENE

HERE. NOW, WHEN POLICE ARRIVED,

THEY SET UP A PERIMETER AND TRY

TO COMMUNICATE WITH THAT MAN.

THAT SUSPECT DID SURRENDER AND

WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT

INCIDENT. WE ARE STILL WORKING

TO LEARN HIS NAME. NOW WHEN

POLICE GOT INTO THAT APARTMENT,

THEY FOUND A WOMAN DEAD INSIDE.

THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED HER

IDENTITY YET, BUT THEY DO SAY

THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE AN

ISOLATED INCIDENT.

>> JUST 30 MINUTES AFTER THIS

STANDOFF BE. AND POLICE WERE

CALLED TO ANOTHER REPORT OF

GUNSHOTS. THIS TIME ON MARBELLA

GROVE COURT. THAT'S ABOUT 2 AND

A HALF MILES FROM THIS SCENE

OVER AT THAT CRIME SCENE, THEY

FOUND AN 18 YEAR-OLD WITH

MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.

POLICE SAY THAT SECOND SHOOTING

IS BELIEVED TO BE AN ISOLATED

INCIDENT AS WELL. NO WORD ON

ANY SUSPECTS IN THAT CASE.

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