On November 6, 2023, at about 3:45 a.m., Greensboro police found 32-year-old Shaneta Allen lying in the 2200 block of McKnight Mill Road with a serious gunshot wound. Emergency responders attempted to save her, but she died from her injuries. McKnight Mill Road at 16th Street was closed for several hours while investigators worked the scene.

Known as Seeky, Shaneta had recently become a mother to a baby boy named Jayceon. Family and friends remembered her as strong-willed, big-hearted and humorous; her death left a grieving family and community.

If anyone knew Shaneta, her movements that night, or has information about what happened on McKnight Mill Road, please come forward.