On the night of November 11, 2024, 26-year-old Leon Christopher Shaw Jr. was shot on Yvonne Street in Florence, South Carolina. He was taken to McLeod Regional Medical Center and died two days later on November 13, 2024 from his injuries. An autopsy was scheduled to determine the official cause and manner of death.

The Florence County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation and soon identified and arrested Tylonte Rashone Gavin, who was charged with Shaw’s murder and held at the Florence County Detention Center pending a bond hearing. Leon, known as Lil Daddy, was remembered by family as a loving father, brother, and friend who could make people laugh. A GoFundMe was started to help the family, who had already lost both parents, cover funeral expenses.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Yvonne Street that night, please share what you know.