Joshua Smith-Cordoba, 19, was shot and killed the night of August 5, 2025, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Police found him with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of a Citgo on West Friendly Avenue shortly after 9 p.m.; he was taken to a hospital where he died that day. Memorial listings later confirmed his identity and the date of death.

By the afternoon of August 6, investigators announced two arrests tied to the incident. Phillip Lee Perryman, 23, was charged with first-degree murder, and Jiavair Howard, 19, was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon. Both were booked into the Guilford County Jail as authorities continued to investigate how the confrontation unfolded. Public incident records describe the scene as a gas-station parking lot and note elements consistent with an armed robbery that ended in Joshua Smith-Cordoba’s death.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the events at the Citgo on West Friendly Avenue that night, please come forward.