Ten-year-old Lavinia Lowe, known to family as Muffin, was shot and killed while she slept in her Beech Island, South Carolina, home. Deputies were called to a residence on Dorsett Kenzie Road about 11:49 p.m. on June 25, 2025, after reports of gunfire. Lavinia was found in her bed with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m. on June 26, 2025. Investigators determined the shots were fired from outside the house.

Authorities say the shooting was a retaliatory act targeting someone who had not lived at the Lowe family residence for more than a year and a half; Lavinia was not the intended target. The Aiken County Sheriff described those responsible as gang-banging cowards who attacked a house full of innocent people.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the people involved, please share what you know with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.