Laci Brown, a 32-year-old Black woman from Greensboro, North Carolina, died after a shooting on Friday, April 17, 2026, in the 1000 block of West Barton Street. Her full name was listed in obituary information as Laci Goldea’ Brown, and she was remembered as someone with deep ties to Greensboro, her family, and her church community. She was born in Chapel Hill on January 10, 1994, and later attended Eastern Guilford High School, graduating in 2012.
The violence unfolded on a Friday
night when Greensboro police, firefighters, and Guilford County EMS were called to a home on West Barton Street for a reported shooting. When first responders arrived, they found Laci inside the residence suffering from a gunshot wound. She was still alive when she was discovered and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, but she later died from her injuries.
Police treated the case as a homicide and said detectives had spoken with multiple people as part of the investigation. Authorities did not publicly identify a suspect in the immediate aftermath, and they did not release details about what may have led to the shooting, whether Laci knew the person responsible, or whether the shooting happened during a dispute inside the home. Officials also said additional details were not being released while the investigation remained active.
As of the available reports, no arrests had been made in Laci Brown’s killing. No suspect or suspects had been publicly named, and no charges, court hearings, trials, or convictions had been reported. Greensboro police asked anyone with information to contact Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers, signaling that investigators were still seeking tips that could help move the case forward.
Her death was reported as Greensboro’s seventh homicide of 2026, placing her killing within a growing list of violent deaths the city had recorded early in the year. While police releases focused on the shooting and the ongoing search for answers, obituary notices reflected the life behind the case: a woman with roots in North Carolina, a family preparing a homegoing celebration, and loved ones gathering to mourn her sudden death.
