A bullet hit an unmarked patrol car driven by Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez Thursday afternoon. He was not injured.
According to a statement issued by the Durham Police Department, occupants of two moving vehicles were exchanging gunfire near the intersection of South Roxboro and Dillard streets shortly before 2 p.m. when a bullet shot by one of the occupants struck and damaged Lopez’s front windshield.
Lopez was driving to a leadership conference at the Durham County Detention Center when the bullet struck his car, according to DPD Lt. Mark Sykes in an interview with WRAL.
DPD is investigating the shooting. One unidentified person was taken to Duke University Hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to the back.
Investigators do not know how many people were in the two vehicles, and one vehicle fled the scene, according to WRAL.
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