Detectives with the Horry County Police Department are investigating the area’s second homicide in a week, after a fatal shooting Thursday on JC Drive in the Longs section of the county, said Sgt. Robert Kegler.
The shooting was reported just before 4 p.m. on a dirt road in the rural community.
The Longs’ area man, who Horry County Deputy Coroner Darris Fowler declined to identify until his relatives were notified, was shot in the leg, said Kegler.
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Kegler reported at 5 p.m. that the victim died at Grand Strand Medical Center.
No one has been charged and no information on possible suspects has been released.
Police also were unclear Thursday of the motive for the shooting.
At 4:30 p.m. Thursday, detectives still were at the scene searching for clues. JC Drive is located off Pint Circle near S.C. 90.
Fowler said an autopsy will be performed Friday.
Three homicides have been reported in Horry County so far this year.
The fatal shooting Thursday follows the stabbing death of a man in North Myrtle Beach on Saturday.
Police have charged Lucas Permenter, 31, of North Myrtle Beach after he told police he stabbed his father in a home in North Myrtle Beach.
There was also a homicide on Jan. 15 where Joseph Jolly, Jr., 18, of Myrtle Beach was shot. Jolly was shot on Racepath Street in Myrtle Beach.
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