Greensboro man killed in Homestead Lodge shooting, suspect arrested in homicide case

A 61-year-old man was shot to death inside the Homestead Lodge on East Carteret Street, and Greensboro police arrested a 24-year-old suspect later the same day in the 1700 block of Brighton Street.

Officers, firefighters and Guilford County EMS responded at about 10:43 a.m. Thursday, April 9, and found Jimmy Neve with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. Police and fire personnel tried lifesaving measures, but Neve died at the scene.

Detectives identified the suspect as La’Quan Deandre Nora, 24, and arrested him without incident on Brighton Street. Greensboro police said evidence and witness statements led investigators to Nora, and specialized units, including the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team and the Violent Crime Reduction Team, helped track him down quickly after the shooting.

Nora faces charges of first-degree murder, felony breaking and entering to cause terror, and two counts of discharging a weapon into occupied property. Police said they are not looking for additional suspects.

The killing marked Greensboro’s fifth homicide of 2026, a pace that has kept homicide detectives busy through the spring. Earlier police releases said the city’s Feb. 15 homicide was the second of the year and the March 23 case was the third, underscoring how quickly fatal violence has accumulated across Guilford County’s largest city.

The shooting also puts renewed attention on the Homestead Lodge itself. The property at 115 E. Carteret St. is listed as a 113-room budget lodging, the kind of place that can serve long-term residents, travelers and short-stay guests in the same building. When violence breaks out there, the impact reaches beyond one room or one victim and lands on nearby businesses, motorists and residents who have to weigh the safety of an ordinary stop on an ordinary street.

Greensboro police said the case remains under investigation and asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers. The homicide adds another hard number to a city already trying to keep pace with repeated violent episodes and the strain they place on first responders, detectives and the neighborhoods where they unfold.