DURHAM, N.C. -- Police investigators are asking for information about a shooting that occurred Saturday afternoon in the 2200 block of Otis Street.

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Officers were dispatched to the call at 4:53 p.m. on Saturday. When they arrived, they found a 40-year-old female who had been shot in her left calf. Officers were told that the shooting occurred as a gold Lexus was being chased by a green Nissan Altima on Otis Street from Weaver Street.

A passenger in the Altima leaned out the window and fired several shots in the direction of the Lexus. One bullet struck the female and another struck a parked pickup truck. The female was washing her car when she was wounded. Police said she appears to have been an innocent bystander.

The Nissan is described as a dark green, 4-door early to mid-1990s model (a rounded body style) with North Carolina plates. It was occupied by two males.

Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator N.M. Byrd at 560-4415, ext. 232 or CrimeStoppers at 683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.