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BumRushDaShow

(151,326 posts)
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:39 PM 12 hrs ago

Mass shooting in Myrtle Beach tourist hotspot leaves 11 injured, suspect killed by police

Source: The Independent

Sunday 27 April 2025 16:20 EDT


At least 11 people were injured and one suspect was killed in an officer-involved mass shooting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Myrtle Beach Police Department revealed on Facebook that officers responded to an incident at roughly 11:50 p.m. Saturday. Officers “observed a disturbance involving multiple individuals” on North Ocean Boulevard, the statement said.

One person fired a weapon during an “altercation,” prompting an officer to respond by discharging their firearm. The officer wasn’t injured, but the suspect died as a result of their injuries. On Sunday, Horry County deputy coroner Tamara Willard identified the individual shot by police as Jerrius Davis, 18, from Bennettsville, according to News 13. Video obtained by the outlet shows people running from the scene as police approach the disturbance.

“In accordance with established protocol, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) will conduct an independent investigation,” Myrtle Beach Police said on Facebook. “Simultaneously, the Myrtle Beach Police Department will carry out an internal review of the incident.” “Our officer saw what happened, and when he saw that an altercation was taking place and a gun was being shot, the officer responded very quickly and in my opinion, saved lives,” Mayor Brenda Bethune told News13. “Last night could have been so much worse.”

The mayor said the eventual SLED report into the incident will be publicly released. “Unfortunately, with social media, there’s going to be a lot of comments being said that are not true, and [people] trying to make more out of this, and we want to get the facts out so that people know what has happened,” she said.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/myrtle-beach-mass-shooting-police-b2740424.html

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Mass shooting in Myrtle Beach tourist hotspot leaves 11 injured, suspect killed by police (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP
900 block of N Ocean Blvd Mountainguy 12 hrs ago #1
"11 people injured" qualifies it as a mass shooting mercuryblues 11 hrs ago #2
Injured by what? Mountainguy 10 hrs ago #3
Lead. mercuryblues 10 hrs ago #4
Can you support that? Mountainguy 9 hrs ago #6
Here - from a local NC outlet that describes more clearly what happened BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #7
Ok and... Mountainguy 7 hrs ago #9
This was reported by the local POLICE BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #13
Also any other injury as well Mountainguy 7 hrs ago #14
Well that is something that they would obviously have to investigate BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #15
Here goes. mercuryblues 8 hrs ago #8
We're stretching mass shooting Mountainguy 7 hrs ago #10
The exert I post clearly states people were shot. mercuryblues 7 hrs ago #11
It doesn't Mountainguy 7 hrs ago #12
When you work as a first responder, you learn very quickly: AverageOldGuy 9 hrs ago #5

Mountainguy

(1,749 posts)
1. 900 block of N Ocean Blvd
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:54 PM
12 hrs ago

that's the general area of the Bowery. Can be a pretty rowdy place on a Saturday night.

Doesn't sound like a mass shooting though. Story coming out sounds like it was a massive brawl on the street and somebody pulled out a gun, then got shot themselves by the officer/s there.

Can't find a report that anyone besides the one guy got shot.

Mountainguy

(1,749 posts)
3. Injured by what?
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:17 PM
10 hrs ago

Not nearly enough information.

11 people injured != 11 people injured by shooting.

BumRushDaShow

(151,326 posts)
7. Here - from a local NC outlet that describes more clearly what happened
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:24 PM
8 hrs ago
11 people injured during shooting in Myrtle Beach, suspect killed by police


Author: Jeremy Vernon
Published: 3:50 PM EDT April 27, 2025
Updated: 3:52 PM EDT April 27, 2025


MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Eleven people were injured Saturday night after a person opened fire on North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach before being shot and killed by police.

According to the Myrtle Beach Police Department, officers responded to the 900 block of North Ocean Boulevard about a disturbance involving multiple people. Police said that at one point during an altercation, an individual began firing a weapon.

A Myrtle Beach Police Officer returned fire, killing the individual. The officer was not hurt during the incident. The man killed has been identified as 18-year-old Jerrius Davis of Bennettsville, S.C., according to WBTW News 13.

"Our officer saw what happened, and when he saw that an altercation was taking place and a gun was being shot, the officer responded very quickly and in my opinion, saved lives,” Horry County Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard told WBTW. “Last night could have been so much worse.”

(snip)

Mountainguy

(1,749 posts)
9. Ok and...
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:02 PM
7 hrs ago

Did he see anyone shot?

Because 11 people wmcould easily be hurt in a massive street fight as well.

BumRushDaShow

(151,326 posts)
13. This was reported by the local POLICE
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:19 PM
7 hrs ago

They would know who may have gone to the hospital for any injuries including anything like graze wounds.

From a Greenville, SC article -

11 injured, 1 dead in a shooting involving police at Myrtle Beach, SLED investigating

Updated: 1:08 PM EDT Apr 27, 2025


MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating an officer-involved shooting that injured multiple people and killed one.

The Myrtle Beach Police Department said on their Facebook that Saturday, at approximately 11:50 p.m., officers with the Myrtle Beach Police Department observed a disturbance involving multiple individuals on North Ocean Boulevard.

Police say that during the altercation, one individual began firing a weapon. At that time, based on the immediate threat, one their officers responded by discharging their firearm. The officer involved was not injured.

11 individuals have been identified as having sustained injuries during this incident and are receiving medical treatment, according to police.

(snip)

Mountainguy

(1,749 posts)
14. Also any other injury as well
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:33 PM
7 hrs ago

I've seen 1 eye witness report that a woman was shot in the knee and found a video showing her. The person taking the video indicates that the police shot her, not the man with the gun.

BumRushDaShow

(151,326 posts)
15. Well that is something that they would obviously have to investigate
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:56 PM
6 hrs ago

When bullets start flying from multiple guns - in this case, at a minimum, from both a suspected shooter and a cop, then as people are scrambling, you will inevitably have people "caught in the crossfire".

That is why the articles mention a "SLED" (South Carolina Law Enforcement Division) investigation. There is usually "extra" done when there is an "officer-involved shooting", and moreso since a suspect is now deceased.

The forensics investigators and lab will be able to determine what bullets hit who and came from what gun or guns.

mercuryblues

(15,573 posts)
8. Here goes.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:53 PM
8 hrs ago

I didn't feel like going down the rabbit hole, so early after the shooting. Will all the injuries be gunshot wounds? Who knows at this point.

But I will start...
The most commonly accepted definition of a mass shooting is 4 or more victims, shot or injured.

I read an article where a witness described this

A witness told ABC 15 what he saw on Saturday night at the scene.
https://abcnews4.com/news/crime-news/police-investigating-after-shooting-incident-on-north-ocean-blvd-in-myrtle-beach
I remember hearing gunfire shots just start going off everywhere. I remember seeing a girl fall that had been injured; I remember seeing the guy who had been shot fall to the ground," said Michael Howard, witness. "I seen blood everywhere. It was just very traumatizing.


What many people fail to realize mass shooting, mass murder, and spree killers all have different definitions. None are mutually exclusive of each other.

Mass murder is 4 or more killed in a single event.

Spree killers are murders that occur in a single event, in multiple locations. Sometimes called rampage killers.

AverageOldGuy

(2,548 posts)
5. When you work as a first responder, you learn very quickly:
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 07:14 PM
9 hrs ago
Nothing good happens after midnight.



I've been an EMT on a volunteer rescue squad in rural Virginia for 15 years. One of the first lessons you learn -- Nothing good happens after midnight. After midnight -- or close to midnight -- it's booze, drugs, guns, knives, boyfriend-girlfriend, husband-girlfriend-wife, motorcycle-tree . . . .
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