A family-owned jewelry store in North Charleston turned deadly on the afternoon of April 14, 2017. Seventy-four-year-old co-owner Doris Colucci was shot once in the head and died inside Colucci’s Jewelers on Rivers Avenue. The shooting was captured on the store’s surveillance cameras and was reportedly witnessed by the couple’s 12-year-old granddaughter.

Authorities say the shooter was Doris’s 80-year-old husband, Ivo Colucci. Video reportedly shows a verbal confrontation, after which Ivo pulled a firearm and shot Doris in the back of the head, then concealed the gun and pocketed the spent casing. Officers arriving on scene were told by bystanders that he had shot her; Ivo reportedly told police he had shot her and that the gun was inside. He was taken into custody and charged with murder.

Staff at the store described ongoing, intense arguments in the family, including disputes over money, concerns about Ivo’s declining mental status, and prior legal trouble involving Doris’s son Michael Colucci. Defense attorneys later said Ivo was not competent to stand trial because of dementia; a judge agreed and he never went to trial. He died on November 9, 2020. Family members later pursued civil claims that were settled for over a million dollars.

Did anyone who worked at or visited the store around that time notice escalating tensions between Doris and Ivo?