Friend mourns loss of man killed in shooting at Durham home

Durham police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead early Thursday morning on Old Chapel Hill Road.

Posted 8:09 a.m. Mar 28 — Updated 11:39 a.m. Apr 7

Nick Perlin, WRAL reporter

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Heidi Kirk, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

DURHAM, N.C. — A Durham neighborhood woke up to flashing lights early Thursday morning, while police were on the scene for hours investigating a shooting that left a man dead.

Officers responded to a reported gunshot wound around 1:33 a.m. to a home in the 3400 block of Old Chapel Hill Road, where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.

Samuel Carr was pronounced deceased at the scene. Carr was 43 years old.

Mary Dilliner looked back at memories of her friend Sam Carr.

"He just had this aura about him. You could feel how special he was," Dilliner said of her late friend.

Dilliner described Carr as one of those people you just want to be around.

"He made such an impact on me," she said. "I reached out to you because I did not want him to be forgotten."

Investigators were on the scene overnight determining the circumstances.

Police said the shooting appears to be an isolated incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator J. Justice at 919-560-4440 ext. 29119 or Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200. Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards of up to $2,000 for information leading to arrests in felony cases, and callers never have to identify themselves.

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