Greensboro police investigate early morning shooting on Elwell Avenue
A 3 a.m. shooting on Elwell Avenue sent one person to the hospital and kept officers on scene into the morning. It came during a violent week already marked by two other fatal shootings.
A shot-fired call pulled Greensboro police to the 1100 block of Elwell Avenue just before 3 a.m. Sunday, and officers found one person who had been shot and rushed that victim to the hospital. The injuries were reported as non-life-threatening, but officers were still on scene around 4 a.m. with no suspect information released.
The call came at about 2:57 a.m., when much of the surrounding neighborhood was still dark and quiet. Police had not said how many shots were fired, what led to the shooting, or whether investigators believed the victim was specifically targeted. By the early-morning update, the scene was still active, leaving nearby residents with few details about what happened on the block.
The Elwell Avenue shooting landed in the middle of a week that has already forced Greensboro police to respond to several serious violent crimes. On June 9, officers investigated a shooting at Ross Avenue and Pearson Street that killed a 25-year-old man and injured another person. The next night, police responded to a shooting in the 3500 block of Lynhaven Drive that left 16-year-old Malachi Holmes dead and another person hospitalized. City records show Greensboro Police, Greensboro Fire and Guilford County EMS all responded to those scenes.
That string of violence has made the question of whether a shooting is isolated, retaliatory or part of a broader pattern especially important for people living nearby. In this case, police had not released information pointing to a suspect or a continuing danger, but the lack of immediate answers can be unsettling when an investigation stretches into the morning hours on a residential street.
Greensboro police say their crime mapping tools let residents view up to 180 days of crime data and set neighborhood alerts when crime is reported nearby. The department also says it uses Part I crime data and arrest statistics to measure crime and guide enforcement, manpower and crime-reduction efforts. Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers accepts anonymous tips about criminal activity, a tool that can become especially important when investigators have little to go on after an early-morning shooting.
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