Carrboro shooting case still open

Carrboro police are still investigating a shooting last month that left one person dead and another injured.

Police responded to a break-in and a possible armed robbery at 105 Wesley St. at around 2 a.m. Dec. 20, according to police reports.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found two people with gunshot wounds.

Durham resident David Lee Goodman, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other person shot was transported to UNC Hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, according to police reports.

In the 911 call used to alert police to the incident, a man told the operator that two black man had shot someone at 105 Wesley St. before leaving the scene on foot.

Police do not believe the unidentified shooter poses an ongoing threat to the community.

Capt. Chris Atack, a spokesman for the Carrboro police department, said police have had to respond to 105 Wesley St. for separate incidents over the last few years.

Police have responded to issues at the address 52 times since 2009 — eight of those occurred during 2013.

“This house in particular, the year 2013 was pretty active,” Atack said. “It’s not the norm that we have shootings.”

Records show the house is owned by Roy and James Atwater.

Residents at the home refused to comment Tuesday.

Carrboro police asked the State Bureau of Investigation for help during the initial phases of the investigation, but have since taken it over.

“They were involved in the initial phase to help collect evidence from the scene,” Atack said. “They have the expertise and training to do that. They’re no longer involved. Once they process the scene, they turned the evidence over to us.”

Police still have no new information about the shooter since the incident was initially reported, but anyone with information about the crime should call Carrboro police or Crimestoppers.

“We don’t have any additional information that we are releasing,” Atack said. “But it’s still actively being investigated.”

Police are seeking an unidentified black man for questioning in connection to the incident.

The man was last seen in the vicinity of 105 Wesley St. on foot on Dec. 20.

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