17-year-old seriously injured in Durham shooting at apartment complex; police looking for gold Jeep

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Durham Police released a photo on Friday of a vehicle suspected of involvement in a shooting that left a teen fighting for his life.

Police said they are looking for the gold Jeep Cherokee believed to be a late 1990s or early 2000s model.

The shooting happened Thursday afternoon on Courtney Creek Boulevard.

Durham resident Andrew Wynkoop described to ABC11 how a bullet pierced through his balcony door on the third floor of his apartment building on Thursday.

He said the bullet whizzed passed his desk, hit his TV, then the ceiling, and landed in front of his dishwasher.

"At first I was not thinking so straight. I was slow to piece things together. Then slowly kind of realized that there must have been something that happened in the parking lot because that was the angle it came from," said Wynkoop.

Around 3 p.m., police officers responded to a report of a disturbance with a weapon in the 2800 block of Courtney Creek Boulevard. Officers said they found shell casings in front of a building in the complex.

Wynkoop said he shared what he found on his kitchen floor after returning to his apartment from the gym.

"If I had been there, that was really where my mind was at, was kind of how fortunate I was to have stepped out for 20 minutes," he said.

Police said a short time later, the 17-year-old victim was dropped off at a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Wynkoop said he was saddened to hear about a victim so young.

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"Really sad for anybody got shot. But especially a teenager, it just, it's hard for me to think about what it could have been," said Wynkoop.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Investigator J. Smith at (919) 560-4440 ext. 29365 or submit a CrimeStoppers tip online or call (919) 683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards of up to $2,000 for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves