A beloved Tacoma youth mentor was shot. A reward is being offered for information
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information that leads to someone being arrested and charged in the December killing of 24-year-old Christian Cherry, according to a Crime Stoppers of Tacoma/Pierce County bulletin.
Tacoma police were dispatched at about 3:38 a.m. on Dec. 14 for reports of a shooting. They found Cherry lying in the roadway of South 19th Street and South State Street with multiple gunshot wounds. Cherry died from his injuries at the hospital Dec. 26.
Cherry’s car was located near the scene, and it was reportedly vandalized before the shooting. A witness saw a light-colored sedan driving away. The sedan possibly carried four people, the Crime Stoppers post said.
“It looks like he was probably killed trying to stop somebody from committing a crime,” detective William Muse said in a Jan. 4 News Tribune story.
Cherry worked at Tacoma’s Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center where he was a mentor and role model to older youth. The children at the center also gravitated towards him, their moods improving the moment he walked into a room, a previous News Tribune story reported.
“He knew what it meant to be a strong Black man in these kids lives,” Roxy Magno, the Multicultural Center’s director of outreach services, said in the story. “He knew what it meant to be a loving person, allowing them to have their feelings and just give them that space.”
Any information on who might have killed Cherry can be reported anonymously to tpcrimestoppers.com or 1-800-222-TIPS.
This story was originally published February 2, 2024 at 9:28 AM.
