Jarel D’Shaun Grace, a 25-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on April 1, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred during a robbery attempt that also left two other victims injured with gunshot wounds. Grace was found by officers in the early morning hours lying on the ground in a front yard in the 4100 block of Colebrook Road. He was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Shortly after officers received the call for Grace, another call came in around 3 a.m. to report another gunshot victim located in the 4000 block of Briarhill, who was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A third victim left the scene before police arrived and went to Carolina’s Medical Center-University for treatment of his gunshot wound. The three victims were shot during a robbery attempt.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg police charged two suspects in connection with Grace's murder. On May 18, Shenika Yvonne James, a 35-year-old African American female, turned herself in at South Carolina’s Clarendon County’s Sheriff’s office. Her arrest warrants included charges of murder, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, robbery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. She was extradited to Mecklenburg County. Her arrest followed the April 5 arrest of James Russell Andrews, a 23-year-old African American male, who was charged with murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
The investigation into Grace's death revealed that the three victims were shot during a robbery attempt. Police are still searching for a third suspect connected to the case. New search warrants were obtained in the shooting death of Jarel Grace, and the investigation is ongoing. The tragic incident highlights the dangers of violent crime and the impact it has on the community.
