Greensboro police release bodycam video after officer fatally shoots man armed with BB gun

Greensboro police on Monday released body-worn and video-mounted camera video from a fatal officer-involved shooting that took place last summer in Greensboro.

The Superior Court granted the Greensboro Police Department’s request to release the footage from the June 22, 2023, shooting. The recordings were released on April 15, 2024.

A Greensboro police officer, responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle, shot and killed a man who was armed with a BB gun. The district attorney’s office ultimately ruled that the shooting was “justified” and that the officer would face no charges.

At around midnight on June 22, 2023, a Greensboro police officer came to the 1010 block of Tuscaloosa Street after getting a report of a suspicious vehicle in the area.

The officer was driving a fully marked GDP vehicle and was in full uniform.

While still inside the vehicle, the officer encountered 51-year-old Graham Thomas Roberson at the passenger door and fired his weapon from inside the patrol vehicle, striking Roberson. Roberson was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead as a result of his injuries.

Two handguns were found near the passenger side of the officer’s patrol vehicle. It was later discovered that those two weapons were a black semi-automatic BB gun and a silver toy revolver.