Durham police are searching for three men involved in what is believed to be the city's first quadruple homicide in the past quarter century.
Durham Police Chief Steve Chalmers said Monday the shootings were drug-related. He added that the gunmen had the intent to rob and kill.
Police found four men fatally shot and two others wounded Saturday night inside a town house at 2222 Alpine Rd., on the city's south side and about three miles from Duke.
The two wounded men were sent to Duke University Hospital.
Police identified the victims as Lajuan Coleman, 27, of 2222 Alpine Rd.; Lennis Harris, 24, of 2222 Alpine Rd.; Jonathan Skinner, 26, of Durham; and Jamel Holloway, 27, of Durham.
The two injured men were also in their twenties.
Officers responded to a 911 call about reports of multiple gunshots at 9:44 p.m. Saturday.
The first officer on the scene found one of the injured males sitting outside of the townhouse, bleeding from his face.
Officers then went inside the house and found four men shot to death.
All four were pronounced dead at the scene of the crime.
"This was not a random crime, but one that was specifically targeted to these particular individuals," Chalmers said at a press conference.
Police officers said three men were seen running from the area after the shots were heard.
"I think it's another tragedy in Durham. It's a senseless tragedy," Mayor Bill Bell told The Herald-Sun. "We are gonna find out who did it. There's no ifs, ands or buts about it."
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