Porsha Ivey, 34, was shot and killed on the evening of September 28, 2025, while sitting in a car at a Pilot gas station on Highway 15 in Lee County, South Carolina, near Bishopville. The shooting happened about 7:30 p.m. and occurred in front of her three children, ages four, five, and nine, who witnessed the violence. First responders arrived to a chaotic scene; the children reportedly cried out that their mother had been shot. The children were not physically injured and the South Carolina Department of Social Services was notified to arrange their care.

Lee County authorities say Ivey and her boyfriend, 34-year-old Derrick Scott Sr., had argued while driving on Interstate 20, then pulled into the gas station parking lot where Scott allegedly shot Ivey multiple times. Scott was arrested at the scene and charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and unlawfully placing a child at risk of or causing harm; a judge denied bond at his initial court appearance. Family members say Ivey had recently left Scott to stay with a relative in Columbia but the couple had reconciled and were returning to Horry County when the argument occurred.

Ivey’s family describe her as a devoted mother whose children were everything to her. Does anyone have information about the couple’s movements that night or the gas station parking lot around 7:30 p.m.?