Son of prominent South Carolina legal family found murdered with mom may have been target

The son of a prominent South Carolina attorney found murdered on his family’s property may have been the intended target of the shooting, which also left his mother dead, according to a local report.

Investigators are probing the possibility that 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh — who was facing trial in connection with the death of a teenage girl — may have been the one marked in the attack, The Island Packet reported. The University of South Carolina student and his mom, Maggie Murdaugh, 52, were found shot to death Monday on their sprawling estate in the center of the state.