A Greensboro man, Tristan Dylan Gray, was sentenced to 100 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to a firearm charge. The sentence was handed down by Chief United States District Judge Catherine C. Eagles in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
United States Attorney Clifton T. Barrett of the Middle District of North Carolina announced the sentencing. According to court records, officers from the Greensboro Police Department responded on January 1, 2024, to a report of shots fired into an occupied apartment on Merritt Drive. Three days later, on January 4, officers conducted a traffic stop on Gray and found him in possession of a Taurus handgun. He was arrested as a felon in possession.
A Firearms and Toolmark Examiner with the Greensboro Police Department determined that cartridge cases collected from the shooting were fired by the same Taurus handgun found with Gray during his arrest. After an evidentiary hearing, the court concluded that Gray had fired multiple rounds into the occupied apartment.
Gray had previously been convicted of felony hit and run inflicting serious injury in Rockingham County in 2022 and had served more than one year in prison. Because of this conviction, he was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition at the time of his arrest.
Gray pleaded guilty on June 10, 2025, to one count of felon in possession of ammunition under federal law (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8)). The investigation was conducted by the Greensboro Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Special Assistant United States Attorney Mary Ann Courtney prosecuted the case.
