Chartara LaVetra Courtney, 43, was fatally shot on January 13, 2025, in the driveway of a home in the Providence Manor neighborhood of Harrisburg. Cabarrus County deputies responding to a 911 call about a dispute witnessed the shooting. Authorities identified 47-year-old Willie Wimbley, a man Courtney had previously dated, as the shooter. Wimbley fired at deputies as they attempted to intervene; deputies returned fire and Wimbley died at the scene.

The State Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent review and the involved deputies were placed on administrative leave. Courtney was a Division Manager for Waffle House and an active member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Graniteville, where she sang in the Youth Choir. She is survived by her children, parents, siblings and extended family; funeral arrangements were announced with interment at Mt. Transfiguration Baptist Church Cemetery.

Is anyone in the Providence Manor area familiar with the dispute that led to this shooting or who can share what they saw that day?