SC woman, 56, ‘fatally shoots her 37-year-old daughter after dispute erupts in Charlotte home’ on Thanksgiving
Elvira Elizabeth Alexander has been charged with the murder of her daughter, Chante Lavarche Alexander, during a dispute on Thanksgiving
Elvira, 56, ‘fatally shoots her 37-year-old daughter after dispute erupted in her Charlotte home’ on Thanksgiving
Police were called to a Charlotte apartment just after 10pm on Thursday, Chante Alexander was transported to a local hospital and later pronounced dead
Investigators say they do not know the motive of the shooting but officers arrived on the scene and found the victim with a gunshot wound
Her mother, Elvira Alexander, has been charged with murder and possession of a stolen firearm
Elvira Elizabeth Alexander [left], has been charged with murder after she fatally shot her daughter, Chante Lavarche Alexander [right], during a dispute on Thanksgiving
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a news release that officers were called to the apartment shortly before 10pm on Thursday.
There they found a woman with a gunshot wound who was transported to the hospital.
The woman, identified as 37-year-old Chante Lavarche Alexander, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A police news release said the suspected shooter, the victim’s mother, 56-year-old Elvira Elizabeth Alexander, has been charged with murder and possession of a stolen firearm.
Alexander shot her daughter at apt in East Charlotte, SC sometime around 10pm on Thanksgiving
Charlotte Police Dept posted news of the fatal shooting of Chante Lavarche Alexander by her mother Elvira Elizabeth Alexander and announced that it remains an ongoing, active investigation
A police spokesman said he didn’t know whether the suspect has a lawyer who can speak on her behalf.
On Alexander’s Facebook page, friends expressed shock over the death of a woman they described as a fun-loving person who liked to socialize.
One of her cousins wrote: ‘I love U Cuz Chante Lavarche Tha life of EVERY mf party FACTS!!’
After hearing of Alexander’s death, another friend wrote: ‘“Peace be still” I just can’t seam to go back to sleep after finding out a love one is gone. I love you… You will be missed. Gone too soon. R.I.P. until we meet again.’
Alexander’s aunt, Yvonne Yaqoob, wrote: ‘WOW In disbelief PRAYERS for The Alexander Family ..My Family…RIH To My Niecey… [She] will be missed.’
Donta Gaten wrote: ‘Known you since middle school. R.I.P.’
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