Late on the night of Saturday, November 29, 2025, an 18-year-old woman was found with a severe gunshot wound at the Palmetto Place Apartments on Pardue Street in Lancaster, South Carolina. First responders pronounced her dead at the scene after the Lancaster Police Department reclassified the call as a homicide investigation.

The Lancaster County Coroner identified the victim as Evangeline Fausta Mancera, known as Evie, a Spartanburg native who had worked as a substitute teacher and was remembered for loving the outdoors and her bond with children. A forensic autopsy was scheduled and the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit assisted with evidence collection.

Police said no arrests had been made and no suspects publicly identified in the days after the shooting, and investigators had not released a motive. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lancaster Police Department or the anonymous tip line. Does anyone in the Lancaster or Spartanburg area have information that could help this investigation?