Jordan Privette, 20, was fatally shot inside a home on Wateree Grove Lane in Bethune, South Carolina, on the evening of March 29, 2023. Deputies from the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office arrived around 8:30 p.m. and found Privette and 21-year-old Robert Matthew Griffin Jr. with gunshot wounds. Authorities believe Griffin shot Privette and then turned the gun on himself; he was found in critical condition and placed on life support, and officials said he would have faced a murder charge if he survived.

The shooting was not treated as a random act and investigators said there was no ongoing threat to the community. Law enforcement also disclosed a history of domestic violence between Privette and Griffin, including a 2022 incident in which Griffin accidentally shot himself in the wrist while handling a newly purchased handgun in Privette’s car; that bullet also struck Privette in the chest. The case leaves a young mother’s life ended amid a documented pattern of danger.

If anyone knew Jordan or has information about their relationship or the events that led to that night, please come forward.