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.
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They would know who may have gone to the hospital for any injuries including anything like graze wounds. 
From a Greenville, SC article -
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.
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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.
Social media does not care about the truth. They care about clicks.
Lying gets more clicks than the truth does.
