A June 23, 2019 shooting at the Hickory Heights Apartments on Cambridge Street in Abbeville, South Carolina, killed Shirley Jean Jones, 62, and two of her grandsons. Police were called about shots fired around 3:10 a.m.; Shirley Jean Jones and 26-year-old Steven Tinch were pronounced dead at the scene, and 24-year-old Johntavier Moss died later at a local hospital. Another family member was injured in the same attack.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division assisted the Abbeville Police Department. Investigators arrested 19-year-old Elijah Ty Rez Head the next day at a Greenwood motel; he was charged with three counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Two teenage girls, TaZaria Idejah Curry and Daijeanne Lee Hamilton, were charged with accessory after the fact to murder for allegedly assisting Head after the killings.

Shirley Jean Jones was remembered by family and neighbors for her kindness and for cooking for her family.