On the evening of February 21, 2023, at about 8:45 p.m., police in Durham responded to a shooting near Holloway Street and Hardee Street. Officers found two men in a vehicle; the driver, 35-year-old Durham resident Montique Shawn Palmer, was pronounced dead at the scene and the passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.

Investigators determined the shooting was not random and treated it as a targeted attack. In early March 2023 police released images of a newer model four-door Jeep Wrangler believed to be connected to the homicide and asked the public for help identifying the vehicle and any witnesses. As of December 2024 no arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone has information about Montique Shawn Palmer, the Jeep Wrangler seen in March 2023, or the events near Holloway and Hardee on February 21, 2023, please contact the Durham Police Department.