On the morning of July 19, 2024, a man with a gunshot wound arrived at Greensboro Fire Station 5 and told emergency personnel he had been shot at an apartment in the 2200 block of West Cornwallis Drive and that another person there had also been shot. Officers then went to the West Cornwallis Drive apartment and found 30-year-old Christopher Bennet suffering from life-threatening injuries; he was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was the city’s 20th homicide of the year.

Initially, police had no suspect information and asked the public for help. Subsequent investigative steps led to a charge in the case: a 16-year-old male was charged with first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. The juvenile was taken into custody and placed in a juvenile detention center; Bennet’s family was notified. The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting is ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened at the West Cornwallis Drive apartment on July 19, please contact Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000.