Man fatally shot, crashes into two cars in western Durham

Durham police are looking for whoever shot a young man from Maryland after a car crash Thursday afternoon in western Durham.

Officers responded to the crash on Rose Garden Lane, just north of Old Chapel Hill Road and east of Interstate 40, around 3:30 p.m.

They found 22-year-old Myles Amadi Gresham, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, who had been shot, in a car that had crashed into two other parked, unoccupied vehicles.

Emergency medical services workers tried to save Gresham’s life, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash happened at Lenox at Patterson Place apartments, reported ABC11, The News & Observer’s newsgathering partner.

Police have not said if they think Gresham was shot there or shot somewhere else and drove until he crashed there,

We will update this story as we get more information.

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT THIS YEAR IN DURHAM?

As of April 20, at least 56 people had been shot in Durham this year, eight of them fatally, according to police statistics.

That compares to 58 people (16 fatalities) and 80 people (15 fatalities) shot by the same time in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Fifty-two of the 56 people shot this year have been Black men, and the largest group of people shot this year have been 25 to 34 years old, police statistics show.

If you have information about Thursday’s incident, police ask you to contact Investigator A. Bongarten at 919-560-4440 ext. 29529 or Crimestoppers at 919-683-1200 or online at www.durhamcrime stoppers.org.

Crimestoppers pays cash rewards of up to $2,000 for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.

ABC11 The Durham Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Rose Garden Lane on Thursday afternoon. Police said the car struck two parked vehicles after someone shot and killed the driver at Lenox at Patterson Place apartments.