DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Durham police have identified the victim of a deadly shooting at a recreation center Wednesday afternoon.
On Thursday, police said the victim was 21-year-old Taqon Jayshon Blake, of Durham.
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Police were called to the W.D Hill Recreation Center for a shooting in the 1300 block of Fayetteville Street near Massey Avenue just before 3:45 p.m. Officers said Blake was taken to a hospital where he later died from his injuries.
According to the City of Durham website, "the recreation center was named after William Daniel Hill (1890-1945) an executive of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. and the prime mover in that firm's projects to serve Durham's African American youth."
The case remains under investigation.
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