At slightest 10 radical were wounded successful a shooting successful the South Carolina formation municipality of Little River that appeared to stem from an altercation during a Memorial Day play gathering, constabulary said Monday. At slightest 1 further idiosyncratic reported sustaining what constabulary described arsenic a "non-gunfire-related injury."
The radical with the astir terrible wounds were successful captious but unchangeable information astatine country hospitals, the Horry County Police Department said successful a connection posted to societal media Monday.
The constabulary said Sunday's shooting was believed to beryllium an isolated incidental that stemmed from an altercation connected a charter vessel during a backstage Memorial Day play gathering. The constabulary said the shooting didn't airs immoderate existent hazard to the community.
The shooting was nether probe and detectives were moving to place those responsible, constabulary said.
In this photograph provided by the Horry County Police Department, constabulary officers respond to the country of a shooting connected the nighttime of May 25, 2025, successful Little River, S.C.
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At slightest 11 radical were taken to hospitals by the county's fire-rescue agency, but investigators besides received reports of much radical arriving astatine hospitals successful backstage vehicles, constabulary said.
The shooting happened astir a vessel dock adjacent the Intracoastal Waterway. Randy Evans told The Post and Courier paper that his 25-year-old lad said an statement aft the vessel docked turned ugly.
Evans said his lad was changeable successful the ankle and toed but managed to usage his bathing suit arsenic a makeshift tourniquet to assistance radical who were much severely injured.
"The country was amended than they expected," Evans told the Charleston newspaper, saying his lad didn't request pins successful his ft oregon ankle. "He's going to beryllium OK."
Video from the country showed dozens of constabulary cars and ambulances rushing successful and retired of the area.
A North Myrtle Beach constabulary serviceman responding to the shooting accidentally changeable himself successful the limb astatine a marina astir 3 miles distant and was successful a infirmary successful unchangeable condition, North Myrtle Beach spokeswoman Lauren Jessie said.
Little River is astir 20 miles northeast of Myrtle Beach.
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