Greensboro Shooting Suspect Dies After Firing at Officers, Brief Pursuit

Raevon Milton, 26, of Greensboro died at a local hospital weeks after officers shot him during a confrontation on Orchard Street that began as a domestic disturbance call just after midnight and erupted into a parking lot gunfight.

The sequence began at 12:41 a.m. on February 26, when Greensboro Police responded to a report of a man banging on a window and attempting to break into a residence in the 1200 block of Orchard Street. Officers made contact with Milton in the parking lot. He allegedly opened fire on them before running to a vehicle and driving away.

The pursuit lasted only long enough to loop back to where it started. Milton's vehicle returned to the 1200 block of Orchard Street. As he exited the car, he again fired at officers. Officers returned fire, striking Milton. He was the only person shot during the exchange; no officers were injured. Officers immediately began rendering aid, and EMS transported Milton to a local hospital for treatment.

The charges obtained against Milton while he was hospitalized reflect the scale of the confrontation: seven felony counts of assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, three counts of breaking and entering to terrorize, and two counts of discharging a barreled weapon into an occupied property. Those final two counts indicate that nearby residences absorbed gunfire during the incident. Milton died from his injuries on a Thursday in the weeks that followed.

The shooting closed a wide section of south Greensboro for the duration of the investigation. Randleman Road, a primary artery through the area, was shut between Freeman Mill Road and West Florida Street. Orchard Street was also closed between Randleman Road and West Florida Street.

Per standard North Carolina practice, the State Bureau of Investigation handles officer-involved shooting reviews independently of the department involved. Greensboro Police operates 705 body-worn cameras department-wide, and all 215 of its patrol cars carry dash cameras. Officers are required to activate recording when responding to calls for service, meaning footage from both the initial parking lot exchange and the subsequent confrontation at the return to Orchard Street is expected to be part of the investigative record.

The investigation remains active, and Greensboro Police has not announced a timeline for when additional findings will be released publicly.