Jalen Malik Perry, a 26-year-old man from Durham, North Carolina, was killed on Thursday, June 11, 2026, after a shooting near the intersection of Cornwallis Road and South Roxboro Street in Durham. Police were called to the area at about 4:26 p.m., after a report of a person suffering from a gunshot wound. When officers arrived, they found Perry wounded, and the case quickly became a homicide investigation.
The shooting unfolded in the late afternoon along a busy stretch of Durham,
where officers and emergency responders converged on the intersection. Perry had been shot, and emergency medical personnel responded to the scene. Reporting differed on whether he was pronounced dead at the scene or after being taken to a local hospital, but the accounts agree that he died from injuries caused by the gunshot wound.
Durham police identified a suspect soon after the shooting. Authorities arrested 19-year-old Zamir Browder of Durham in connection with Perry’s death. Browder was charged with murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling. Police said the investigation was still active, and WRAL reported that Browder could face additional charges as investigators continued working to determine the full circumstances surrounding the shooting.
At the time of the initial reports, police had not publicly released a detailed motive or a full explanation of what led up to the gunfire. Investigators were still trying to piece together what happened before Perry was shot, including the relationship, if any, between Perry and Browder and whether anyone else was involved. Authorities asked anyone with information to contact Durham police or Durham CrimeStoppers, which offered the option for callers to remain anonymous and noted that rewards may be available for information leading to arrests in felony cases.
Perry’s death became another homicide under investigation in Durham, with the known public case details centered on the afternoon shooting, the location at Cornwallis Road and South Roxboro Street, and the swift arrest of Browder. As of the available reporting, Browder was the only publicly named suspect, and no trial or conviction had been reported.
