Durham Police investigate first murder of 2009

Feb 27 2009, Written by Zachary Tracer in News, 1 Comments

A 17-year-old was shot and killed Thursday night in East Durham, in what the Durham Herald-Sun reported was the first murder of the year in the city .

The Durham Police Department identified the victim as Alejandro Emir Denis-Terron in a statement.

DPD officers arrived at 119 Herbert Street around 11 p.m. Thursday in response to reports of a shooting and found Denis-Teron, who was pronounced dead at the scene. At the time of the shooting, Denis-Teron was “standing in the yard with a group of males,” the statement said.

As of 4:30 p.m. Friday, no charges had been filed in the case, Kammie Michael, public information officer and public relations coordinator for DPD wrote in an e-mail. Michael was not immediately available for further comment Friday evening.