On the evening of February 4, 2021, 19-year-old Raeneshia Nixon was shot while driving on Charleswood Drive in Columbia, South Carolina, with her one-month-old daughter in the car. A bullet struck Nixon in the upper body; she attempted to drive to safety but lost control and crashed. She was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. The infant in the vehicle was unharmed.

Family members described Nixon as a loving new mother and a talented hair braider; she had been braiding a cousin’s hair just hours before the shooting. Investigators said some type of criminal activity may have preceded the attack but did not provide specifics. In early March, a 15-year-old male turned himself in and was charged with Nixon’s murder; his name has not been released because of his age. A 16-year-old who had been in Nixon’s car was later charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly giving false information to investigators.

Anyone with information about the shooting or what led up to it is asked to come forward.