Teen arrested in South Carolina party boat shooting that hurt 11 people

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Authorities accidental a 19-year-old has been taken into custody successful Illinois and they program to complaint him successful a shooting that wounded 11 radical aft a enactment vessel cruise successful South Carolina

LITTLE RIVER, S.C. -- A 19-year-old has been taken into custody successful Illinois and authorities said they program to complaint him successful a shooting that wounded 11 radical aft a party vessel cruise successful South Carolina.

The shooting happened Sunday nighttime connected a dock successful Little River aft a combat connected the vessel during the three-hour cruise, Horry County Police said.

The fishy is expected to beryllium charged with respective counts of attempted execution and possession of a limb during a convulsive transgression and past officials volition question to extradite him from Lake County, Illinois, backmost to South Carolina, constabulary said.

The probe into the shooting continues and much radical could beryllium charged, authorities said.

Officials said 120 radical partied connected the vessel implicit the vacation play and were leaving connected the dock erstwhile the shooting happened. Ten radical were wounded by gunfire, mostly connected the little parts of their body, and 1 idiosyncratic was wounded by a falling speaker, authorities said.

Investigators deliberation lone 1 idiosyncratic fired shots. They didn't accidental what started the quality connected the vessel and however it led to the shooting connected the dock and besides would not accidental what benignant of limb was used.

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.