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A Durham Police officer shot an armed person in the parking lot of Food Lion on Hope Valley Road early Sunday morning. Police were initially called there for reports of a "car club" racing in the area just after midnight.

Family confirms suspect shot by Durham officer in Food Lion parking lot after reports of cars racing is 16-year-old boy

>> BREAKING NEWS FROM WRAL COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON. >> WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS. A 6 THE FAMILY OF A PERSON SHOT BY DURHAM POLICE OVERNIGHT SAYS HE IT'S 16. THIS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT IN THE FOOD LION PARKING LOT. POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE INVESTIGATING INTO THE MORNING WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES IS LIVE ON HOPE VALLEY ROAD WHERE THIS PLAYED OUT LATE LAST NIGHT. AND CARLY, WHAT ELSE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD YOU? JULIAN, 2 SEPARATE FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE BOY'S FATHER, CONFIRM THAT HE IS JUST 16 YEARS OLD. >> THEY SAY HE'S ALREADY HAD TO GET SURGERY AFTER THEY SAY HE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK, BUT THEY ARE GRATEFUL THAT HE IS DOING OKAY. HE'S ALIVE. WE GOT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT SHOWS THE EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED OVERNIGHT. TAKE A LISTEN. >> WHAT YOU JUST HEARD WERE GUNSHOTS AND THEN CARS SPEEDING OFF. THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WE KNOW THAT THE PERSON WHO WAS SHOT IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL, RECOVERING. THAT'S ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. ARIEL'S. LAURA LEVINE WAS AT THE SCENE EARLIER TODAY. HE TELLS US WHAT POLICE SAY HAPPENED HERE >> HERE IN THIS WHOLE VALLEY ROAD SHOPPING STRIP. YOU CAN SEE TIRE AND SKID MARKS ALL ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. NOW IN DURHAM, POLICE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK UP THE STREET RACING HAPPENING HERE OVERNIGHT. WELL, THAT'S WHERE THE SITUATION ESCALATED PRETTY QUICKLY. IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR THE SUNDAY GROCERY SHOPPERS. HOWEVER, SATURDAY NIGHT THINGS WERE FAR FROM COLE TRIED TO GET OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HEARD ABOUT THE SIRENS. ALEXANDER HARRIS LIVES NEARBY AND TELLS ME IT SOUNDED LIKE 20 TO 40 POLICE VEHICLES PASSING BY HIS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE EXPLAINS SHOT ARES WITHOUT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S THE ONLY KIND OF NOISY HERE AROUND THIS AREA. POLICE SAY THEY WERE INITIALLY RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A CAR CLUB STREET RACING IN THE AREA. CHIEF PATRICE ANDREWS IN AN EARLY MORNING NEWS BRIEFING DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. OBJECTS WERE THROWN AT THE OFFICER WHILE HE WAS IN HIS VEHICLE. SHE SAYS THE OFFICER CONFRONTED THE PERSON WHO THEN BEGAN TO RUN. >> A BRIEF CHASE PLAYED OUT IN THIS PARKING LOT. THAT'S WHAT ANDREW SAYS. THE SUSPECT PULLED OUT A HANDGUN AND REFUSED TO DROP IT. THE SUSPECT THEN AT SOME POINT, RAZE THE HANDGUN AND WAS THEN SHOT. >> BY THE OFFICER, THE SUSPECT CONTINUED TO FLEE AND GOT INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS IN THE PARKING LOT. BROADCASTIFY RADIO TRAFFIC INDICATES THE FIRST SHOTS FIRED CALL WENT OUT ONLY ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER POLICE INITIALLY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. GUNSHOT WOUND. >> 47 11 VALLEY ROAD. THE OFFICER WHO FIRED THE SHOTS WAS ABLE TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER OFFICER IN THE AREA STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND AIDED TO THE SUSPECT WHILE WAITING FOR EMS. THIS SITUATION HAS SOME LIKE HAIR IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POPULARITY OF UNSANCTIONED CAR EVENTS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THEIR COMMUNITIES TO TO REALLY BE SOMETHING THAT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE >> SHOWS HIM EAT UP. SOME RAYS ARE ALWAYS ONE THING. IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN DANGEROUS FOR WRAL NEWS. AND LOU LEVY IN DURHAM. NOW, POLICE TELL US THE SUSPECT IS STABLE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HIS EXACT CONDITION. >> THE SBI IS INVESTIGATING THIS AND THAT OFFICER IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE DUTY. THAT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS,

Family members idenitfy person shot by Durham officer as 16-year-old boy 

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) â Martin Necas had two goals and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Sunday.

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TYLER, Texas (AP) â Country singer Sundance Head, a winner on âThe Voice,â is recovering at home after he was accidentally shot in the stomach while handling a firearm on a hunting trip at his East Texas ranch, his agent said Sunday.

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MANAUS, Brazil (AP) â President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, according to a U.S. official and three other people familiar with the matter.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) â Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the presidential election, but scored significant downballot victories, giving them hope as they look to the future.

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