Advertisement Shooting inside moving SUV leaves woman dead, man facing murder charges Tiffany Cartee, 31, was daughter of Una fire chief Share Shares Copy Link Copy

A woman was shot and killed Thursday in a moving SUV, and a man who was in the vehicle has been charged with murder, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office. Jefferson Lee Perry III, 24, of Cowpens, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, warrants said. The Spartanburg County coroner said Tiffany Dale Cartee, 31, was declared dead at the scene. The Una Fire Department has confirmed that Cartee is the daughter of Chief Jeff Hadden. An incident report said Cartee appeared to have a gunshot wound to the head. Deputies said the incident was reported about 6 p.m. on Bennet Dairy Road just off Old Converse Road. The address is about a half-mile from Cannons Elementary School. Deputies said Perry, Cartee and two other people were in the SUV at the time of the shooting. The two witnesses told investigators that the woman was shot at the intersection of Enola Station and Bennet Dairy roads. The SUV crashed into a tree in the front yard of a home on Bennet Dairy Road after the shooting, according to an incident report. Perry ran off after the crash, and was later found by deputies under a crawl space of a nearby home, the report said. He was taken into custody. No other information was immediately released. Chief Hadden released this statement on his Facebook page: "My oldest daughter (Tiffany) was shot and killed last night. Shelby is having a really hard time understanding why some guy who said that he loved her sister could kill her. Please keep the Cartee family in your prayers as well. That family has faced death to many times over the past few years. We were supposed to see Tiffany and the girls tomorrow to give them their Christmas gifts, but know we will not be able to celebrate any holidays with her again. RIP Tiffany. I love you!"