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Top Durham news: 8 shot, 2 dead, in less than 24 hours; customer threatens employee with syringe

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Published on October 30, 2019
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Here's what you need to know about what's happening in Durham.

Accused shoplifter threatens employee with syringe

A customer carrying a medical syringe threatened to give an employee HIV at a Durham shoe store on Monday night.

Read the full story on ABC11 WTVD.

Raleigh-Durham rents rising at faster rate than in rest of country

Rents for multifamily apartments are rising faster in the Raleigh-Durham area than they are across the nation.

Read the full story on ABC11 WTVD.

Work underway on Durham's 'can opener' bridge

The Gregson Street bridge is nicknamed the 11-foot-8-inch bridge, the "can opener" and the Gregson Street Guillotine because trucks often crash into the lower than average railroad bridge outside downtown Durham.

Read the full story on ABC Raleigh, WTVD.

Driver dies, passenger injured in SUV crash i

The crash involved an SUV traveling north on Cole Mill Road near Quail Ridge Road on Tuesday morning. The driver lost control, ran off the right side of the road and hit a tree, police said.

Read the full story on WNCN.

8 people shot, 2 dead, in less than 24 hours

Durham city leaders have disagreed on whether adding more police officers can help mitigate the uptick in homicides.

Read the full story on Morgan Norwood WTVD.


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