Police | Man suffers wound in early morning Myrtle Beach shooting

POLICE

MYRTLE BEACH

Man hurt in early morning shooting

Myrtle Beach police are investigating a man being shot in the arm at a Dunbar Street home, according to Capt. David Knipes.

Officers were called about 3:45 a.m. Wednesday to 1212 Dunbar St., for the shooting, Knipes said. A man suffered a gunshot wound to his arm and was taken by EMS to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center for treatment.

The man reportedly told police that three suspects were involved in the shooting, which is under investigation, Knipes said. Additional details about the shooting were not immediately available Wednesday.

HORRY COUNTY

Unattended tot leads to arrest

A Myrtle Beach woman was charged with neglecting her 2-year-old child after police say the boy was left in a vehicle in a Surfside Beach area Wal-Mart parking lot, according to a police report.

Gergana Ilieva Dzhorgova, 32, was charged with unlawful neglect of a child and is being held at J. Reuben Long Detention Center on $1,000 bond, according to jail records.

Officers were called about 5:30 p.m. Monday to the store at 2751 Beaver Run Blvd. for a child alone inside a vehicle, according to the report. When officers arrived, they learned Dzhorgova had just got into the vehicle and was about to leave.

A witness told police he was parked next to the vehicle and saw the child, according to the report. The witness said he stood by the car where the child was at for about eight minutes.

But Dzhorgova told officers she left the boy alone for about five minutes and the vehicle was locked, according to the report. Dzhorgova told police she was buying diapers for the boy because he wet himself and that she left him in the vehicle because he had wet clothing.

MYRTLE BEACH

Crews respond to apartment fire

Area firefighters were called to an apartment building off Palmetto Pointe Boulevard early Wednesday for a fire inside an apartment, according to Horry County Fire Rescue.

Firefighters were called at 7:26 a.m. Wednesday to 218 Ivystone Drive for the fire, said Leslie Yancey, spokeswoman for Horry County Fire Rescue. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the kitchen area of the apartment and learned the fire was started accidentally by someone who was cooking in the apartment.

No one was hurt during the incident, but an adult and some children living in the apartment were displaced by the fire, which damaged the kitchen area, Yancey said.

Firefighters from departments in Myrtle Beach and Murrells Inlet-Garden City also responded to the fire to provide mutual aid to Horry County crews.

CONWAY

Probe continues into Duckett St. shooting

Conway police are investigating a shooting that occurred Dec.11 at a residence on Duckett Street in the city limits of Conway, according to a news statement released Wednesday from Catina Hipp, spokeswoman with the Conway Police Department.

At about 7 p.m. Dec.11, Conway police officers were dispatched to a residence on Duckett Street in reference to a shooting. Officers found one victim with an apparent gunshot wound to the back and another victim with an apparent gunshot wound to his leg, Hipp said.

Both victims were transported by ambulance to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Anyone with any information concerning this incident and/or the identity of the shooter(s) is asked to contact the Conway Police Department at 248-1790.

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HORRY COUNTY

Household waste disposal offered

On the third Saturday of every month, you can dispose of toxic, corrosive, reactive and flammable materials at the Horry County Solid Waste Authority’s Household Hazardous Waste Facility.

From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., you can drop off acids/bases, household polishes, aerosols, kerosene, antifreeze, lighter fluid, batteries, oxidizers, brake fluid, paints, corrosives, pesticides, drain openers, photo chemicals, flammables, poisons, fuel, pool chemicals, furniture strippers, solvents/thinners, gasoline, weed killers, household cleaners and wood preservatives at the Horry County Landfill on S.C. 90.

The facility is open year-round on the third Saturday of every month, or by appointment.

For more information, call the SWA at 347-1651 or visit www.solidwasteauthority.org.

From staff reports