Brandon Montrial Smith, a 28-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on September 21, 2021, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The shooting happened early morning near the intersection of Bragg Street and Bennett Street; police responded to calls about a shooting around 6:40 a.m. and found Smith with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Greensboro police opened a homicide investigation and identified Terrence Pierre Lawson, a 29-year-old man from Greensboro, as a suspect. Lawson was arrested after barricading himself in an apartment for several hours and was charged with first-degree murder. Authorities sought witness cooperation and Crime Stoppers offered a reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone has information about what happened on Bragg Street and Bennett Street that morning, contact Greensboro police or Crime Stoppers.