Police said 24-year-old Murilio Zurito Domingo and 26-year-old Bertin Vasquez Mendoza were both shot and killed.
It was the second deadly double shooting in Durham on New Year's Day.
Officers arrived about 8 p.m. to find two gunshot victims dead outside.
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No charges have yet been filed.
The case remains an active investigation.
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Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator M. Evans at (919) 560-4440, ext. 29336 or CrimeStoppers at (919) 683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.
Earlier Tuesday, a man was killed and a woman critically injured in a shooting at Alden Place Apartments in the 4200 block of Larchmont Road.