Kyle Rayshawn Means, 45, a male and Black/African American resident of Greensboro, was working an overnight security shift at a gaming business on the 1600 block of Phillips Avenue when gunfire shattered the quiet just after 12:45 a.m. on July 28, 2025. Officers responding to reports of shots fired found Kyle Rayshawn Means, 45, gravely wounded; he was rushed to a local hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Police identified him later that day and announced the case had been reclassified as a homicide. The location—an electronic gaming spot—sat behind a door that, by evening, bore a notice from police about North Carolina's ban on electronic sweepstakes machines, a stark emblem of a scene turned crime tape and candlelight.
Family and friends described Kyle Rayshawn Means, 45, as a protector by nature, a man of faith who loved dogs and had spent years keeping watch over businesses in his community. A memorial grew along Phillips Avenue, and relatives gathered for a balloon release, remembrances rising into the twilight where the morning's violence had unfolded. In the weeks that followed, his obituary invited mourners to a celebration of life at Faith Tabernacle of Praise, a ritual of comfort for a neighborhood still looking for answers.
According to police, Kyle Rayshawn Means, 45, died while employed as a security guard, and detectives urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers. As of the latest public updates, investigators had not released details about a motive, had not named a suspect, and no arrests had been announced in connection with the killing. Listings that track victims of gun violence recorded his death on July 28 in Greensboro, preserving his name among the city's 2025 homicides while the case remains open.
