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Ricky Orlando Nichols Jr

Case from Durham, NC dated May 25, 2024

Victim Details

Ricky Orlando Nichols Jr

Male

Black / African American

Durham

NC

2024-05-25

20

Ricky

Orlando Nichols Jr

07/06/2026

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On May 25, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., 20-year-old Durham resident Ricky Orlando Nichols Jr. was fatally shot in a drive-by incident near the intersection of Dearborn Drive and Old Oxford Road. Nichols was a passenger in a white sedan when another vehicle approached and fired multiple rounds into the passenger side. The assailant's vehicle then fled the scene.

Following the shooting, the driver of the white sedan drove to the 3600 block of Keystone Place, parked the vehicle, and ...
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  • CBS17.com: Police ID victim in deadly drive-by daytime shooting into car on Durham road
  • Man riding in car killed in Durham drive-by shooting. Both drivers ...
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