All 11 victims are expected to survive the shooting near a South Carolina party boat

Authorities accidental a combat connected committee a enactment vessel led to a shooting wherever 11 radical were wounded on the South Carolina coast

A combat connected committee a vessel wherever 120 radical were partying implicit the vacation play led to a shooting wherever 11 radical were wounded on the South Carolina coast, authorities said.

Only 3 of the radical wounded successful Sunday night's shooting stay successful the hospital, and each are expected to survive, Horry County Police Chief Kris Leonhardt said during a quality league Tuesday.

The shooting happened connected the dock successful Little River on the Intracoastal Waterway arsenic radical were getting disconnected the boat, Leonhardt said. Investigators judge lone 1 idiosyncratic was firing.

Ten radical were changeable and 1 idiosyncratic was wounded erstwhile a talker fell connected their head, authorities said.

No arrests person been made. Leonhardt said galore radical ran for their lives erstwhile the gunfire erupted and were gone by the clip officers arrived.

The main refused to accidental what started the quality connected the vessel and however it led to the shooting connected the dock. He besides would not accidental what benignant of limb was used.

“Items were recovered, but that’s portion of the investigation, and we don’t privation to merchandise it astatine this time," Leonhardt said.

Most of the victims were changeable successful the little portion of their bodies, Horry County Fire Chief Joseph Tanner said.

The shooting astir 9:15 p.m. Sunday happened wherever a backstage charter vessel docks for cruises. About 120 radical and 4 unit members were connected the packed boat, authorities said.

A flyer online advertised a enactment with a DJ connected a three-hour cruise ending astatine 9 p.m. A pistillate who answered a telephone fig connected the flyer told The Associated Press that she was distraught seeing her friends get shot, but past said she didn’t privation to speech anymore and hung up.

Someone who answered the telephone astatine the institution that owns the vessel told the AP helium didn’t privation to speech to a reporter.

About 3 miles (5 kilometers) down the Intracoastal Waterway, a North Myrtle Beach constabulary serviceman accidentally changeable himself successful the limb arsenic helium tried to get a vessel into the h2o to respond to the shooting scene, officials said.

Little River is astir 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Myrtle Beach. The sportfishing colony is known for its docks and marinas wherever sportfishing expeditions, casino boats and respective dolphin cruises permission daily.

The probe into Sunday's shooting has been made a small harder due to the fact that galore of the radical connected the vessel were from retired of municipality and detectives are trying to way them down, Leonhardt said.

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