Tammy Dawson, 25, was fatally shot in the head inside her west Beaumont home on Heartfield Lane in the early hours of Saturday, June 6, 2026. Police were summoned at about 2:40 a.m. after her boyfriend, Brandon Chretien, called 911 and said Dawson had been shot during a struggle over a gun. Officers found her in a bedroom closet with a gunshot wound to the head and a handgun on a bedside table. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition with a traumatic brain injury and remained on life support until late Monday morning, June 8, when doctors removed life support and she died. Investigators said evidence at the scene indicated the wound was not self-inflicted and that Chretien had shot her.

Chretien, reported first as 44 and later as 45, was arrested at the scene and initially charged with aggravated assault with a weapon causing brain injury or paralysis, a first-degree felony; a magistrate set bond at $1 million with conditions including no contact, GPS monitoring, and no firearm possession. After Dawson’s death prosecutors upgraded the charge to murder. The shooting has been described in police reports and local coverage as domestic violence involving the couple, later referred to as estranged.

If anyone knew Tammy, her routine, or has information about what happened at the Heartfield Lane home that night, please share what you know.