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Man arrested in fatal Durham shooting from September

Kenneth Heath was arrested on Golden Crest Drive on Friday on warrants for first-degree murder. Heath is linked to a shooting that occurred on Sept. 2, 2023.

Posted 2024-04-08T19:04:28+00:00 - Updated 2024-04-08T19:04:28+00:00

Kenneth Heath was arrested on outstanding warrants from a shooting in September of 2023.

A man was arrested in a fatal shooting that occurred on Labor Day weekend.

Kenneth Heath was arrested by Durham police and the US Marshal Task Force on Golden Crest Drive Friday on warrants for first-degree murder.

Heath is linked to a shooting that occurred on Sept. 2, 2023. Around 1:32 a.m., officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the area of Mallard Avenue and Neville Street and found a man with gunshot wounds. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Heath, 24, is being held without bond at the Durham County Jail.

Anyone with any additional information is asked to call Investigator L. Sprinkle at 919-560-4440 ext. 29248 or CrimeStoppers at (919) 683-1200, or online at durhamcrimestoppers.org. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards of up to $2,000 for information leading to arrests in felony cases, and callers never have to identify themselves.