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WEAA/Baltimore ''Gospel Grace'' Host Tyra Phillips Dead


Tyra Phillips
Tyra Phillips

Morgan State University Jazz WEAA-FM/Baltimore Sunday air talent Tyra Phillips (aka Tyra Womack), host of "Gospel Grace Afternoon," was shot and killed outside her home in Baltimore on Wednesday, reports the Baltimore Sun. She was 57. Police were called to her home and found Phillips with multiple gunshot wounds. She was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Investigators believe the shooting was the result of an argument.

Phillips also worked as an Administrative Assistant for the U.S. Postal Service and had been heard on the program since 1989.

"WEAA offers condolences and prayers to the family of our beloved Tyra Phillips (Womack). We are heartbroken about her passing and remember her beautiful, gentle, sweet spirit today. Tyra was heard on Sunday's Gospel Grace programs for many years at WEAA," wrote the station on Twitter.

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