19-Year-Old Mom Shot and Killed Outside Her Rock Hill Home After Days of Terror

Camariya Tidwell was 19 years old. She was a mom. She loved her dog, Chucky. Her family called her an angel. On Saturday night, May 16, 2026, she was shot and killed in her own yard in Rock Hill, South Carolina, by a man she had never even met. And according to her family, the whole thing could have been prevented.

This is the kind of story that makes you angry the more you read it. Not because the details are complicated, but because they're so painfully simple. A family was terrorized for days. They called the police. They filed reports. They installed cameras. They did everything right. And Camariya still ended up dead on the ground in front of her mother.

It Started With Shots Fired Into the House

The nightmare began on Tuesday, May 12, when someone fired four shots into the Tidwell family's home on Mount Gallant Road, near the U.S. 21 Bypass in Rock Hill. This wasn't an empty house at the time. Adults and children were inside. According to Camariya's mother, Shifarnia McCullough, bullets were fired through her son's bedroom while he and his young child were lying in bed.

The family filed a police report that same day. According to McCullough, detectives didn't reach out to follow up until Friday, May 15. That was three days later. And one day before Camariya was killed.

The Family Took Matters Into Their Own Hands

After the Tuesday shooting, the Tidwell family didn't just sit around waiting. They went out and installed security cameras around the home. Doorbell cameras. Surveillance around the sides and back. They wanted proof if the person came back. And he did come back.

Those cameras would turn out to be the single most important piece of evidence in this entire case. The family essentially solved a large part of this for law enforcement before their daughter was even killed.

A Shotgun Blast Through the Front Door, Caught on Camera

On Saturday, May 16, during the daytime, the suspect came back to the house. Doorbell camera footage captured a man, later identified as 34-year-old Sean Xavier Hubbard of Clover, South Carolina, walking up and firing a shotgun directly through the home's front door. The gun appeared to be wrapped in a hooded sweatshirt or jacket. But the camera caught his face clearly.

Nobody was home at the time of that particular shooting. Nobody was hurt. But the intent was obvious. This was the third incident in five days. The family called police again. Officers arrived, searched the area for the suspect's vehicle, identified Hubbard as the man on camera, and even checked his last known address. They couldn't find him.

The Family Asked Police to Stay. They Didn't.

This is the part that guts you. After that daytime shooting on Saturday, the Tidwell family knew this wasn't over. Shifarnia McCullough said she asked officers to stay near the house while the family packed their belongings to leave. They were trying to get out. They knew the man would come back.

According to Rock Hill police Lt. Michael Chavis, officers did remain in the area for a while, circulating and looking for Hubbard's car. But eventually, they moved on. And that's when it happened.

"Unfortunately he managed to come back, get back to the house on foot and shoot at 11 o'clock, which killed our victim," Lt. Chavis said.

Camariya Was Killed Around 11 PM That Night

Around 11 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, police got a second call from the Mount Gallant Road address. Hubbard had returned. Camariya had been shot.

When officers arrived, they found 19-year-old Camariya Tidwell on the ground outside the home with a gunshot wound. She died from her injuries. Her mother was right there when it happened.

"My baby died in front of me in my arms senselessly," McCullough told reporters. "We sat there and watched my baby lay on the ground dead. This man shot my baby with a rifle. She had nine holes in her body."

Police have confirmed that Camariya was not the intended target of the shooting. She had no connection to Hubbard. She didn't know him. She was simply at home.

The Whole Thing Reportedly Started Over a Car Repair

According to relatives, the chain of events traces back to something absurdly small. Hubbard had been found through social media and hired to work on a family member's car. But the cousin, Jamya McCullough, decided she didn't want him working on the vehicle anymore and told him so.

"I told him that I didn't want him to work on my car. This man threatened me and I immediately blocked him," Jamya said.

After that, according to the family, Hubbard began stalking the home. Camariya's brother, Caleb Tidwell, said the suspect repeatedly targeted their family in the days leading up to the killing.

"For a week straight, he stalked my family's home," Caleb said. "He terrorized my family."

The Family Believes He Waited for Police to Leave

One of the most chilling details in this case is what the family says happened in the hours between the daytime shooting and the one at 11 p.m. They don't think Hubbard ever actually left the area. They believe he circled the block and waited nearby, watching for police to leave, and then came back on foot.

"We never believed he left. He circled the block, waited outside our home until police left and then came back," Caleb Tidwell said.

Surveillance footage from the home's cameras showed a man walking near the back and side of the residence on the night of May 16, just before the fatal shooting. Investigators have not confirmed whether that footage was recorded immediately before or after Camariya was killed.

SWAT Arrested Hubbard Hours Later, 20 Miles Away

Around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 17, the York County Sheriff's Office SWAT team located and arrested Hubbard at an address on Fig Branch Road near Lake Wylie. That's more than 20 miles from the crime scene on Mount Gallant Road.

He was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. He was also separately charged with discharging a firearm into a dwelling, related to one of the prior shootings at the house where nobody was hurt. Police recovered the weapon believed to have been used in the killing, though they haven't disclosed what type of firearm it was.

A judge denied bond at Hubbard's hearing on Sunday. He remains behind bars.

A Mother's Anger at the Response

Shifarnia McCullough is not just grieving. She's furious. She says the warning signs were screaming. Three separate shooting incidents in five days, all at the same address. Cameras caught the suspect's face. A police report had been filed. And still, her daughter is dead.

"This man came back and killed my 19-year-old daughter," McCullough said. "She didn't hate nobody. She loved everybody. She was innocent, but you're telling me now that she's gone, 'Oh, we found his address.' Why didn't you find his address four hours ago when he shot through my house?"

It's a fair question. The family feels that two prior shooting incidents at the same house should have made it obvious who was responsible and where to find him. Whether law enforcement could have done more is something this family will carry, along with their grief, for the rest of their lives.

Remembering Camariya

Through all the anger and heartbreak, the family wants people to know who Camariya was. Not as a crime statistic or a name in a headline. As a person.

Her mother described her as humble, bright, and full of potential. "Innocent child, my daughter was bright; she had a future ahead of her," McCullough said. "Humble, you wouldn't have met anybody better than her, now she ain't here. She's gone. I can't get her back."

She loved her family. She loved her dog. She was there for everyone and never asked for anything back. She was 19 and a mother herself, just starting her life.

McCullough also spoke about the impossible tension between her faith and her pain. "I'm a Christian and I know we are supposed to forgive. But I don't have forgiveness because my daughter will never come back to me."

The investigation remains ongoing. Rock Hill police have not officially disclosed a motive for the shootings. But for the Tidwell family, the motive doesn't matter nearly as much as the outcome. Their daughter, their sister, their angel, is gone. And they believe she didn't have to be.