Two people charged with attempted first-degree murder after man shot in the head at apartment complex

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Two charged with attempted first-degree murder after man shot in the head at apartment complex

Updated: 3:52 PM EST Jan 13, 2020

Two people are charged with attempted first-degree murder after a man was shot in the head and is being treated for life-threatening injuries, according to the Graham Police Department.Officers responded to The Pines Apartments in the 700 block of Ivey Road in reference to a shooting on Jan. 6 at 9:39 p.m.Click the video player above for headlines from WXII 12 News.When they arrived, they found James Blackwell, 19, had been shot in the head. He was transported to a local trauma center by helicopter and is being treated for life-threatening injuries.Abdur-Rahman Waheed, 21, of Greensboro, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. He was arrested at his home without incident and is being held at the Guilford County Jail on $350,000 bail.Police gave Waheed additional charges on Monday, including attempted first-degree murder and discharging a weapon into occupied property.Alliyah Jenee Crouse, 20, of Graham, was identified as an involved party by police and was charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and discharging a weapon into occupied property. She was arrested at a home without incident and is currently being held in the Alamance County Jail without bond.

GRAHAM, N.C. —

Two people are charged with attempted first-degree murder after a man was shot in the head and is being treated for life-threatening injuries, according to the Graham Police Department.

Officers responded to The Pines Apartments in the 700 block of Ivey Road in reference to a shooting on Jan. 6 at 9:39 p.m.

Click the video player above for headlines from WXII 12 News.

When they arrived, they found James Blackwell, 19, had been shot in the head. He was transported to a local trauma center by helicopter and is being treated for life-threatening injuries.

Abdur-Rahman Waheed, 21, of Greensboro, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. He was arrested at his home without incident and is being held at the Guilford County Jail on $350,000 bail.

Police gave Waheed additional charges on Monday, including attempted first-degree murder and discharging a weapon into occupied property.

Alliyah Jenee Crouse, 20, of Graham, was identified as an involved party by police and was charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and discharging a weapon into occupied property.

She was arrested at a home without incident and is currently being held in the Alamance County Jail without bond.