Breanna Zhane Hunter, 28, a Black woman from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was found with a gunshot wound on the 1200 block of East Twenty-Fifth Street at about 7:19 a.m. on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
Officers and EMS responded, but Breanna Zhane Hunter, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene after first responders arrived, and her family was notified by authorities.
In the hours that followed, detectives with the Winston-Salem Police Department opened a homicide investigation they described as an isolated incident and turned the case over to the Criminal Investigations Division.
By later updates, investigators said they had identified a suspect and secured charges.
Police charged 31-year-old Troy Latrece Brown with murder in connection with the killing of Breanna Zhane Hunter, 28, in Winston-Salem.
Local outlets reported the arrest and charge as detectives continued gathering evidence; booking records also reflected a first-degree murder booking for a person with that name on the same date in Forsyth County.
No additional motive or case narrative has been publicly released.
Away from the crime scene, remembrances for Breanna Zhane Hunter, 28, began to take shape online.
An obituary page from a local funeral home affirmed her identity and date of death and invited the community to share memories and details about services, while memorial pages and tributes appeared as friends, coworkers, and relatives honored her life.
