DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A Durham man has been charged with murder in an August killing in the 2500 block of South Roxboro Street.
Durham police said Thursday that 22-year-old Savon Lamonte Dunston was arrested Wednesday at Candlewood Suites in the 1800 block of N.C. 54.
Officers responded to the shooting at 1:59 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Cornwallis Road Apartments. They found a man shot who was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was identified on Aug. 18 as 21-year-old Derek Ortiz of Cary.
A woman was also shot and sustained non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Dunston is currently being held in the Durham County Jail without bond.