Greensboro Man Killed on East Carteret Street, Suspect Charged With Murder

Jimmy Neve, 61, was shot once in the chest and pronounced dead at the 100 block of East Carteret Street Thursday morning, becoming Greensboro's fifth homicide victim of 2026 in the first 99 days of the year.

Greensboro Police, the Greensboro Fire Department and Guilford County EMS responded at approximately 10:43 a.m. on April 9. Homicide detectives took over the block, gathering physical evidence and locating witnesses who could identify the offender. By that evening, investigators had a suspect.

Police arrested La'Quan Deandre Nora, 24, at the 1700 block of Brighton Street the same day Neve died. Witness identifications and scene evidence connected Nora to the shooting, police said.

Nora was charged with first-degree murder, felony breaking and entering to cause terror, and multiple weapons-related counts. He was booked into the Guilford County Jail with no bond, where he will remain until at least a first appearance before a Guilford County judge. In North Carolina, a first-degree murder conviction carries the most severe penalties the state allows, including life without parole.

The felony breaking and entering to cause terror charge, filed alongside the murder count, indicates investigators believe the violence involved an unlawful entry into a structure, not solely an open-air confrontation.

Neve's death raised Greensboro's 2026 homicide total to five, a pace police have described as a spike compared to recent years. Five killings inside the city by early April has drawn renewed scrutiny on violence-prevention efforts and patrol deployment in the corridors where incidents are clustering.

The investigation remains active. Anyone with information is asked to contact Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers or the Greensboro Police Department's homicide unit directly.