Asheville police seek armed suspect after downtown shooting injured one
Police are seeking 39-year-old Durrell Marquise Norris after an early Sunday shooting on Asheland Avenue left one person hospitalized.
Asheville police are searching for Durrell Marquise Norris, 39, after a shooting on Asheland Avenue in downtown Asheville left one person injured and taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.
Officers were called to the area around 2:01 a.m. Sunday, May 24, 2026. Police say Norris is wanted on charges including attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, possession of a firearm by a felon, assault by pointing a gun, and discharging a firearm in city limits. Asheville police have described him as armed and dangerous.
The shooting unfolded in a busy stretch of downtown Asheville, where residents, workers and late-night visitors have watched a series of recent gun violence incidents raise concern about safety in the city center. Police are asking anyone who saw the shooting, saw Norris leave the area, or has any other information to contact law enforcement immediately.
Asheville Police Department officials are also asking the public to use the department’s anonymous tip system if they do not want to be identified. The department has said most incident and crash reports are available through its Police to Citizen tool, which includes many reports from after Jan. 1, 2003 and allows the public to search and download records.
The investigation remains active, and police are relying on witnesses and tips to help locate Norris and piece together what happened on Asheland Avenue before dawn Sunday.
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