13-year-old girl shot while sleeping in her Durham home

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A 13-year-old girl was shot in the leg while sleeping in her own bed Wednesday morning.

It happened at a home on Weldon Terrace in Durham.
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Neighbors told Durham Police Department they heard several shots fired. However, investigators at the scene said they only saw one bullet hole at the house.

That bullet hole was in a window near where the young girl was sleeping.
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Police said the bullet hit the girl in her thigh. ABC11 crews were on the scene when she was placed on a stretcher and driven away from the scene in an ambulance.

Durham Police Department later said her injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.

Investigators are still working to figure out who is responsible for the shooting.
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