Kernersville woman charged with attempted murder in High Point shooting

Two women and a 17-year-old were standing on a front porch on Asheboro Street in High Point when, investigators say, gunfire was aimed at them, turning a neighborhood shooting into a case that now carries three attempted first-degree murder counts.

Natasha Brown, 43, of Kernersville, was arrested on May 18 and faces 17 charges in all. Arrest warrants allege she fired at the three people outside the home, and the charge list also includes discharging a firearm into occupied property, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, carrying a concealed gun, armed terror to the people and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.

High Point police said the victims’ injuries were minor, but the paperwork tied to the arrest suggests officers and prosecutors saw the incident as far more serious than the outcome alone might indicate. Brown was given a $500,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on June 19.

The shooting landed in a city already watching a complicated crime picture. High Point police said overall crime fell 9% in 2025, but violent crime rose 6%, with 441 violent-crime reports compared with 417 in 2024. Detectives also investigated five criminal homicides in 2025, up from three the year before, while officers seized more than 440 firearms and entered 660 items into the National Ballistic Information Network.

The presence of a 17-year-old in the case gives the arrest added weight in Guilford County, where officials say juvenile intervention remains part of public safety planning. The Guilford County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council works with state juvenile-justice officials to reduce and prevent juvenile crime, and the county’s Regional Juvenile Detention Center temporarily houses about 1,200 juveniles each year.

For High Point and Kernersville families alike, the case is a reminder that a single porch shooting can quickly widen into a major felony case when guns, young people and multiple alleged victims are involved. The warrants, the bond and the court date now mark the next stage in a case that began with a burst of gunfire on Asheboro Street.