NC Central says man found fatally shot after car crash was university student

Mark Schultz
·2 min read

Police are looking for whoever shot an N.C Central University student found after his car crashed into two others Thursday afternoon in Durham.

Officers responded to the crash on Rose Garden Lane, just north of Old Chapel Hill Road and east of Interstate 40, around 3:30 p.m.

They found 22-year-old Myles Amadi Gresham, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, who had been shot, in a car that had crashed into two other parked, unoccupied vehicles.

Emergency medical services workers tried to save Gresham’s life, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Myles Gresham was a senior business administration major at N.C. Central University.
Myles Gresham was a senior business administration major at N.C. Central University.

NCCU chancellor expresses sadness

NCCU Chancellor Johnson O. Akinleye expressed condolences and announced counseling services in connection with the senior business administration major’s death

“Myles ... was a dedicated student with entrepreneurial aspirations. He diligently selected his courses each semester, aiming for a path toward future success,” Akinleye said on the university’s website. “Actively involved in campus life, Myles served as treasurer of the Metro Eagles Club. His friendly nature and enthusiasm for the Wordle game will always bring forth smiles from those who had the pleasure of knowing him.

The crash happened at Lenox at Patterson Place apartments, reported ABC11, The News & Observer’s newsgathering partner.

Police have not said if they think Gresham was shot there or shot somewhere else and drove until he crashed there,

How many people have been shot this year in Durham?

As of April 20, at least 56 people had been shot in Durham this year, eight of them fatally, according to police statistics.

That compares to 58 people (16 fatalities) and 80 people (15 fatalities) shot by the same time in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Fifty-two of the 56 people shot this year have been Black men, and the largest group of people shot this year have been 25 to 34 years old, police statistics show.

If you have information about Thursday’s incident, police ask you to contact Investigator A. Bongarten at 919-560-4440 ext. 29529 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200 or online at www.durhamcrimestoppers.org.

CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards of up to $2,000 for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.