On August 4, 2023, at about 4:30 a.m., Greensboro police and emergency crews found a car on Interstate 40 West near exit 216 (Patterson Street) fully engulfed in flames with an unconscious occupant inside. After the fire was put out the victim was identified as 35-year-old Dedrick Lee Wooding. Further examination showed the vehicle had been struck by gunfire, and investigators have classified the incident as a homicide, though reports say the exact cause of death has not been conclusively determined.

A second vehicle at the scene had damage from the initial collision; its role in the shooting is unclear. No arrests have been announced, no suspects or motive have been identified, and the case remains listed among Greensboro’s unsolved homicides. Wooding’s family seeks answers; his mother, Cora Davis, noted the family’s compounded grief after his younger brother Dashawn Davis died in a separate car accident the day before.

If anyone has information that could help the investigation, would you consider contacting Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers?