Posted on 07/06/2006 5:01:25 AM PDT by abb
DURHAM, N.C. -- Police in Durham have arrested an 18-year-old in connection with a quadruple shooting Wednesday evening that left a teenager dead.
Justin Perry, 18, of Kittrell, turned himself in to police early Thursday morning. He was charged with the murder of 17-year-old Joseph Towah from Drew Street in Durham.
Authorities are looking for 20-year-old Darien Taylor in connection with the shooting that occurred near the 600 block of Gray Avenue in Durham. He has also been charged with Towah's murder.
The victims, teenagers ranging in age from 15 to 18, were rushed to Duke University Medical Center. Two of the wounded victims suffered life-threatening injuries, and the third was treated for a gunshot to his arm, authorities said. One of them died a short time later.
Witnesses told police two men simply walked up to the victims and opened fire. Although the shooting occurred in daylight around 6 p.m., authorities said no one was able to provide a good description of the suspects.
"It's always difficult when we can't get information," said Kammie Michael, the spokeswoman for the Durham Police Department. "We know somebody saw something because it happened in broad daylight."
The shooting shattered what had been a relatively quiet year for this type of violence.
Some residents fear that gang violence in the city could be on the rise, the shooting occurred in an area know to be a stronghold of the Crips.
The slaying was the seventh homicide in Durham this year. By contrast, 18 murders were recorded in the city the first half of last year.
Local authorities tried early this year to broker a truce between rival gangs. But a rape investigation involving the Duke University lacrosse team has been the focus of the police department in recent months, and the truce fell apart.
Resident Georgia Alston said she's afraid Wednesday's shooting will ignite a new wave of gang violence.
"I just don't want to be around it," Alston said. "It just doesn't make much sense -- why they do things like this."
Anyone with information on Taylor's whereabouts is asked to CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200.
Can you imagine being in charge of some community service project and having Little Miss Attitude show up? I'll bet you couldn't get a lick of work out of her all day. Maybe I should rethink that phrasing just a bit.
LOLOLOL!
Is that sort of like dialing for dollars?
Drugs, murder, robbery, never mind that - we have got to put an end to SWAGGERING!
Sort of. It is "trolling" for the same sex, if I am not mistaken.
Hey--I bet she could get all kinds of new clients from the other community service workers....Woo-Hoo! Maybe even make a little money while doing community service. Gives the term community service a whole new meaning!!
SUBJECT: FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 CITY OF DURHAM PRELIMINARY BUDGET
To receive citizens' comments concerning the FY 1999-2000 City of Durham Preliminary Budget. As this was the time and place set for the public hearing, anyone interested was given the opportunity to be heard. Mark Gottlieb, President of the Durham Police Officer's Association, asked the council to amend the city manager's proposed 2 percent salary adjustment so that police officers would get cost-of-living and hazardous pay increases over the next three years. Maxine Burns spoke in support of constructing a park on Cook Road. Helen Jones spoke in support of a park in the Forest View Heights - 13 - 13
They had a sting in Atlanta last week. It was hilarious. They were rounding up cross dressers peddling their wares on the streets. Some of those cross dressers make nice looking women. I look at them and think 'I want those legs.'
It took me a few minutes to figure out how they kept from getting killed when the john figured out they were men. I'm slow sometimes; it wasn't old fashioned sex with a ho. It was one of those crimes against nature things. A Lewinsky.
LOL ... I was just googling Mark Gottlieb.
Okay be honest...have you dreamed about this yet?
I have. (Should I laugh or cry?)
:-)
http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:gV0JgdK1EtwJ:www.lib.duke.edu/archives/documents/reports-nok/RPT19990921.pdf+%22Durham+Police+Officer%27s+Association%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a
September 21, 1999
The National Labor Relations Board has turned down a request to review its regional office's earlier denial of a
petition by the Durham Police Officer's Association to be union representative of the Duke University Police
Department. The NLRB regional office in Winston-Salem ruled June 11 that federal law prohibits certification
of bargaining units that are composed of guards when an affiliated union has members other than guards. The
NLRB said the Durham Police Officer's Association is affiliated with the International Union of Police
Associations, which is a member of the AFL-CIO.
I wonder how well the late Police Chief Jackie W McNeil got along with Mark Gottlieb, President of the Durham Police Officer's Association.
I can't keep all these McNeil's straight. Are any related?
More fresh activity today on NandO's Melanie Sill blog...
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/editor/index.php?title=duke_case_coverage_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments
More stuff
http://johninnorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2006/07/duke-lacrosse-prof-who-misrepresented.html
The editor must be on vacation. The silence is deafening.
Over on the courttv message boards they're about to commence emailing her soon...
LOL!
Check out #13. She looks like Helen Hunt.
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