On the evening of Sunday, November 16, 2025, 27-year-old Joaquin Gabriel Hernandez was shot in the head on the 1500 block of Upland Drive in Greensboro, North Carolina. Officers were dispatched around 7:48 p.m. after a call reporting a disorder; Hernandez was found suffering a life-threatening injury, taken by EMS to a local hospital, and died later that night. The case was classified as a homicide and recorded as Greensboro’s 33rd killing of 2025.

Greensboro Police Department homicide detectives reviewed scene evidence and followed up on leads, but as of the latest reports no arrests or suspect information had been released. Police and local Crime Stoppers asked anyone who was in the area that night to come forward with tips.

An obituary listed him as Joaquin Gabriel Leon Hernandez and invited mourners to a viewing on November 22 at McLaurin-Harris Memorial Chapel in Reidsville. If anyone has information about what happened on Upland Drive that night, please contact investigators.