On March 23, 2023, 25-year-old Sharelle Pebbles Johnson was killed in her Greensboro, North Carolina, apartment at the Claremont Apartment community on Phillips Avenue. The shooting happened around 1:30 p.m. while Sharelle was sitting on her bed holding one of her four-year-old twins, Chassidy or Cassidy, when a bullet fired from outside penetrated the apartment and fatally struck her. A 20-year-old man was also wounded and hospitalized.

Authorities say the shots were fired by 23-year-old Deon Lamar Monk during a domestic dispute with his child’s mother outside the complex; one of the rounds entered Sharelle’s unit, making her an unintended victim. Monk reportedly fled with his 9-month-old son, triggering an Amber Alert; he was later located in Harnett County and the child was found in Siler City. Monk faced multiple charges including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, shooting into an occupied dwelling, child endangerment and related counts, and a bond request was denied at a September 11, 2023 court appearance.

Family remembered Sharelle as a loving, compassionate mother who had moved from Queens to Greensboro for a better life; her twin brother Levelle said she had no connection to the events that led to her death. A GoFundMe was set up to help with funeral costs and support the twins, and neighbors and activists began organizing to address gun violence. If anyone knew Sharelle or has information about the shooting, please come forward.