On the evening of December 7, 2025, officers in Greensboro, North Carolina, responded to a distress call at a home on the 700 block of West Terrell Street. They found 59-year-old Chris Ratliff inside the residence with at least one gunshot wound. Emergency personnel pronounced Ratliff dead at the scene.

Police focused on a person found at the location and identified him as the victim’s son, 20-year-old Pretance Joquann Ratliff. He was detained at the home without incident, later arrested and charged with first-degree murder, and held in custody without bond. At his first court appearance on December 8 a judge denied bond and ordered him to remain incarcerated as the case moves through the judicial system.

What relevant details do readers in Greensboro remember about the 700 block of West Terrell Street or the evening of December 7 that could help clarify the events?