Demario Montez Metts, a 35-year-old African American man from Oxford, North Carolina, was shot and found unresponsive about 5:30 a.m. on November 5, 2022, in the 700 block of North Hyde Park Avenue in Durham. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. The Durham Police Department has classified the death as a homicide and opened an investigation.

No arrests or suspects have been identified. Funeral services were held at Holloway Memorial Funeral Home in Durham, where friends and family gathered to mourn. Authorities have asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Demario, witnessed activity in that block on the morning of November 5, 2022, or has information that could help, please contact the Durham Police Department.