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http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/durham/4-1178165.cfm Officer still stable at hospital after shooting By KEITH UPCHURCH : The Herald-Sun kupchurch@heraldsun.com Jul 4, 2009 Bookmark and Share DURHAM -- A Durham police officer shot in the stomach while answering a call Thursday remained in stable condition at Duke University Hospital on Friday, according to police reports. The officer, 32-year-old Damon Youmans, was shot while answering a "shots fired' call shortly before 4 a.m. at South Square Townhomes apartment complex on Shannon Road, and was rushed to Duke for surgery. On Friday, dozens of officers, including many off duty, as well as friends and family members from his home state of New York were at Duke Hospital to show their support, Lt. Mike Benton, police watch commander, said. "We're all hoping for a full recovery,' Benton said. The hospital would not release any details about the officer's condition on Friday. Benton was at the hospital on Friday to show his support, but said he had not seen Youmans. He wasn't sure if the officer had been transferred from intensive care to a private room. But he said well-wishers had come to the hospital throughout the day Thursday and Friday to show their support. Youmans has only been on the Durham police force since May. He served two years with the New York Police Department before coming to Durham. Meanwhile, a 23-year-old man charged in the shooting remained in the Durham County Jail on Friday under a $250,000 bond. Thomas Rashawn Monroe of 3300 Shannon Road, Apt. 5A, was charged Thursday with assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm. He is slated for an initial hearing on the charge at the jail's courthouse Monday morning, a jail spokeswoman said. Police Chief Jose Lopez said on Friday that the investigation is not over. "If we find probable cause relative to anything else involved, then we'll pursue it,' Lopez said. 'We're just investigating what happened, and if other people were involved, then we'll address it accordingly.' Before Thursday's shooting, Officer D.B. Vereen was the last Durham officer who was shot on duty. That was on Sept. 23, 2007 on Cherrycrest Drive. The last time a Durham officer was fatally shot was in 1976, when Investigator Larry Bullock was killed. |
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