Greensboro mother seeks answers a year after son's fatal shooting

Marsha Taylor is still searching for answers more than a year after her son, Conrado Jalyn Guillermo, was shot in the 3900 block of Hahns Lane in Greensboro. The case has left one family carrying grief and a neighborhood still waiting for a resolution, while police say the homicide remains active.

Greensboro police responded just after 1 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2025, and found that two people had been taken to the hospital with apparent gunshot wounds. Guillermo died shortly after arriving. The second victim was reported in stable condition. Guillermo was 21, though early accounts of the shooting listed him as 22, a reminder of how quickly details can shift in the first hours of a violent death.

Taylor has described her son as loving and friendly. She has also continued to keep his name in the public eye through One Day Famous, the clothing brand Guillermo had been building before he died. For her, the unanswered questions are part of the loss itself: not just what happened on Hahns Lane, but who did it, why it happened and why the case still has no public resolution.

That frustration has pushed Taylor into a broader fight alongside other families affected by gun violence, including members of Mothers Standing Against Gun Violence. They have walked Greensboro neighborhoods to draw out information and keep pressure on investigators long after the first wave of attention faded. The effort reflects a larger reality in homicide cases that do not move quickly: when arrests do not come, families are left with fear, rumors and the burden of keeping a case visible.

Greensboro police victim-services coordinator Mary Nero said Guillermo’s case remained an active investigation and described it as the city’s fifth homicide of 2025. Police said their homicide squad works with the Medical Examiner and the Guilford County District Attorney’s Office on major cases, a process that can continue long after the initial response at the scene. The department has urged anyone with even a small piece of information to contact Crime Stoppers or the Criminal Investigations Division.

The city also provides a Crime Victim Information line for case status and follow-up questions. For Taylor, that structure has not yet delivered the answer she wants: who shot her son, and when justice will catch up with the violence that took him from Hahns Lane.