The man who shot and killed a young woman near Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue just over a year after he was released from a lengthy period of incarceration tied to gang activity was sentenced Friday to 20 years, five months in prison.
Bobby Joe Ezra Plain, 40, pleaded guilty in April to first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting 28-year-old Chantelle Grayson on a sidewalk in the 700 block of North Junett Street.
Grayson was with her boyfriend at the time, and, according to court documents, prosecutors had phone data and surveillance video that showed Plain followed them in a vehicle from a fast-food restaurant to a convenience store and then to the scene where Plain shot Grayson in the head.
In an interview with Tacoma Police Department detectives, according to the probable cause document, the boyfriend reportedly said they went to the area because he felt like Plain was trying to hurt them, and he didn’t think he would do anything in a “nice neighborhood.”…