16-year-old killed in Greensboro shooting on Lynhaven Drive

A 16-year-old was killed and another person was left critically injured after gunfire on Lynhaven Drive, turning the 3500 block into the city’s latest homicide scene and pushing Greensboro’s 2026 death toll to 13.

Greensboro Police, Greensboro Fire and Guilford County EMS were called just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, to the 3500 block of Lynhaven Drive after reports of shots fired. Officers found two people with apparent gunshot wounds. Malachi Holmes was pronounced dead at the scene, while the second victim was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and later described as critically injured.

Detectives said they did not have suspect information or an explanation for what led to the shooting. As of Thursday, the case remained an active homicide investigation, and police had not said whether the two victims knew each other or whether the attack was connected to any earlier violence in the neighborhood.

The shooting came just one day after another Greensboro homicide investigation at Ross Avenue and Pearson Street, where police said a 25-year-old man was fatally shot on June 9. It also followed the city’s first homicide of 2026, reported in January, underscoring a violent stretch that has put repeated pressure on families and neighborhoods across Greensboro.

Greensboro police said homicide numbers are tracked as victim counts for state and federal reporting, and that classifications can change as investigations develop. For now, the most immediate unanswered questions are the same ones detectives are pursuing on Lynhaven Drive: who fired the shots, why the victims were targeted, and whether more witnesses saw what happened before the street was sealed off by flashing lights and emergency crews.

Police asked anyone with information to contact Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers anonymously at 336-373-1000.