On the evening of November 10, 2024, around 9:15 p.m., Greensboro Police responded to reports of gunfire in the 400 block of Guilford College Road and found 25-year-old Juquan Cocoa Hamilton inside a crashed 2014 Honda Accord with multiple gunshot wounds. Despite life-saving attempts, Hamilton was pronounced dead at the scene. Hamilton, a transgender woman known in the ballroom community as Quanesha Shantel, had been in a two-year romantic relationship with 31-year-old Jeremy Reynolds that ended four months earlier; Reynolds reportedly continued contacting Hamilton and became increasingly upset after the breakup.

Arrest warrants allege Reynolds approached Hamilton’s vehicle and fired multiple shots with a semi-automatic weapon through the driver’s side window; Hamilton managed to drive a short distance before crashing. Reynolds was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling or vehicle, and was denied bond at a November 13 court appearance. Hamilton’s mother, Toi Ni’Cole Ratliff, said her daughter wanted to transition at age 11 and had been active in ballroom competitions across the Southeast as Quanesha Shantel; Hamilton had recently enrolled in nursing school.

Does anyone who knew Juquan or saw activity on Guilford College Road that night have information to share?