Henrietta Creech, 77, was killed at her home on the 6700 block of U.S. 278 in Barnwell, South Carolina, in the early hours of Saturday, November 28, 2020. A family member called for help around 2:30 a.m. after an SUV reportedly drove past the residence and gunfire struck the house. Deputies found Creech on the kitchen floor with a gunshot wound to her torso; she was pronounced dead at the scene and the coroner ruled the death a homicide.

Deputies reported several males in the backyard who would not cooperate while officers secured the area. Investigators said they were looking into whether the shooting was connected to an earlier shooting that same night at an Aiken County nightclub. Two days later, on November 30, 2020, Barnwell County investigators named Dustin Robert Williamson, 25, as a suspect and charged him with murder with malice and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime; bond was reported denied soon after his arrest.

Relatives said Creech had survived a previous drive-by years earlier that wounded her leg, and described her as a quiet mother and grandmother who cared for her home. Does anyone have information about the events that night or about Creech’s life in Barnwell?