D’Vaunte Tavon Grant, a 31-year-old Black man from Texas and described by a loved one as an amazing father, was shot and killed in a Springfield, Missouri, parking lot in the early morning of July 28, 2024. Police were called at about 3:22 a.m.; when officers arrived they found evidence of a shooting but no victim because Grant had already been taken to a hospital by a citizen. He was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Surveillance footage from the Wicked Superstore on East Kearney Street shows a man identified as Isaiah Church park and enter the store; Grant parked next to Church’s car and approached the vehicle, at which point Church ran from the store, shot Grant, and both men then left in separate cars. Officers located 34-year-old Isaiah Daniel Church later that day at a residence on North Lexington Avenue, where he surrendered after a brief standoff. He was arrested wearing the same clothing seen in the video and allegedly told police he had shot Grant.

Church was booked into the Greene County Jail and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action; bond was set at $100,000, and the case remained pending in Greene County court as of June 2026. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Springfield Police Department at 417-864-1810 or Crime Stoppers at 417-869-TIPS (8477).

Did anyone witness Grant that morning or have information about what led to the confrontation?