Woman charged with stalking, killing man shot to death in Durham
Durham police arrested a middle-age woman this week who is accused of killing a man nearly two months ago.
Police responded just after 1:30 a.m. March 28 to a report of a gunshot wound in the 3400 block of Old Chapel Hill Road.
They found 43-year-old Samuel Carr suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Antoniquette Rigsbee, 47, has been charged with murder, first-degree kidnapping, and stalking Carr by phone calls, emails and following him from one location to another, “placing [him] in fear of death, bodily injury and continued harassment,” according to court records.
She was indicted on those charges May 6, the records show, and turned herself in at the Durham County Jail on Monday where police said she is being held without bail.
Homicides and shootings in Durham
As of May 11, the most recent statistics available, there had been 16 reported homicides in Durham this year.
That was down from 18 homicides by the same time last year and equal to 16 homicides the year before that.
A total of 81 people had been shot this year in Durham as of May 11, including 15 people who were fatally shot, police crime statistics show.
Man found shot to death in Durham parking lot
Durham Police Chief Patrice Andrews is scheduled to present the Durham Police Department’s first-quarter crime report to the City Council on Thursday. It will show a 3.7% increase in violent crime during the first three months of the year but will not reflect the city’s most recent shootings.
The report also shows the department continued operating during the first quarter with 1 in 4 of its 535 authorized officer positions vacant.
Anyone with information about Carr’s death is asked to contact Investigator J. Justice at 919-560-4440 ext. 29119 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.
