A shooting killed a man in Durham. His companion fled before the police arrived

Durham police say they are searching for those involved in a Saturday night shooting that left a man dead and his companion on the run.

The man was driving a white sedan near the intersection of Dearborn Drive and Old Oxford Road around 5 p.m. when another vehicle pulled up alongside him. Someone in the other vehicle fired several shots into the passenger side of the sedan, striking it, before driving away.

The man driving the sedan continued west on Dearborn Drive, then turned right onto Keystone Place in the Oxford Manor housing complex. The driver parked and left on foot, leaving the injured man in the car, where the police found him.

He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police have not released the man’s name or said whether they know who was driving. They also did not release the names of any potential suspects or say what type of vehicle they were in.

Police did not say whether the occupants of the two vehicles knew each other or what led to the shooting. But they say the shooting “appears to be an isolated incident.”

Durham has seen a rash of shootings in the last month. Including non-fatal shootings, 87 people have been shot this year in Durham as of May 18. That compares to 70 people shot at the same time in 2023 and 92 people in 2022, police statistics show.