Tristan Dylan Gray, Felon in Possession of Ammunition, North Carolina 2024

GREENSBORO – In a shocking turn of events, a Greensboro man was sentenced to over 8 years in prison for a firearm charge, announced United States Attorney Clifton T. Barrett of the Middle District of North Carolina (MDNC).

Tristan Dylan Gray, age 38, was sentenced to 100 months imprisonment plus 3 years of supervised release by the Honorable Catherine C. Eagles, Chief United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the MDNC.

According to court records, on January 1, 2024, officers with the Greensboro Police Department (GPD) responded to a shooting into an occupied apartment on Merritt Drive. The next day, officers with GPD conducted a traffic stop on Gray during which he was found in possession of a Taurus handgun.

GPD officers arrested Gray as a felon in possession. Subsequently, a Firearms and Toolmark Examiner with GPD determined that the cartridge cases collected from the shooting at the apartment on January 1, 2024 were fired by the same Taurus handgun that Gray possessed on January 4, 2024.

At the time of his arrest, Gray had been previously convicted of felony hit and run inflicting serious injury (Rockingham County, 2022) and sentenced to an active term of imprisonment exceeding one year. Thus, at the time of the instant offense, Gray was legally prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.

Gray pleaded guilty on June 10, 2025, to one count of felon in possession of ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8). The case was investigated by the Greensboro Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by MDNC Special Assistant United States Attorney Mary Ann Courtney.

The investigation and prosecution of this case demonstrate the commitment of law enforcement and federal prosecutors to keeping our communities safe from violent crime and firearms-related offenses. As a result of Gray’s actions, a community was put at risk, and he will now face the consequences of his crime.

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