Derek Ortiz, a 21-year-old from Cary, North Carolina, was shot and killed on August 17, 2022, during an afternoon shooting in the 2500 block of South Roxboro Street in Durham. The shooting began about 2 p.m.; multiple shots were fired over roughly three minutes while Ortiz was outside with his sister’s two young daughters. Ortiz was struck and died at the scene in front of his nieces, who witnessed the event from a neighbor’s apartment window. A woman was also wounded with non-life-threatening injuries.

Durham police opened an investigation and arrested 22-year-old Savon Dunston on a murder charge; he was held without bond in Durham County Jail. A second man was charged with resisting, delaying, and obstructing justice. Ortiz’s sister, Shaniece Bostic, described him as a loving father to his one-year-old son, Derek Ortiz Jr., who enjoyed singing and rapping and was working toward his GED. Family and friends raised funds for his funeral and said the community was shaken by the violence.

Does anyone have information about the shooting or saw activity in the South Roxboro Street area that afternoon?