14th Tacoma Homicide of 2023: Chantelle 'Channy' Grayson
Sometimes, even when a murder is solved, there aren’t a lot of answers. I cannot tell you why 28-year-old Chantelle Grayson was murdered on the evening of May 15, 2023. I also can’t tell you much about her life before it ended. Not everyone leaves a large digital footprint.
What I can tell you is that a 37-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record got into an argument with Chantelle that evening in the 700 block of North Junett just a couple blocks away from the 6th Ave Business District. The argument ended in gunfire and the man driving away in a gray Acura. First responders arrived and transported Chantelle to a local hospital where she died becoming Tacoma 14th homicide of 2023 and the second homicide within 24 hours.
The 37-year-old man was charged days later and arrested a couple weeks after that.
Friends called Chantelle ‘Channy’. When she walked into a room, she’d give a dimpled smile that would light the place up. She wasn’t afraid to speak her mind or stand up for friends and family. And we’re all robbed of learning who she would have been had she lived.
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