Here’s what public records have been released following a fatal Myrtle Beach shooting
Text messages and emails from Myrtle Beach Downtown Alliance board members to Chief Executive Officer Jason Greene do not show anyone asking questions about a deadly shooting.
The MBDA is a tax-payer funded group that’s tasked with creating “compelling narratives” about Myrtle Beach’s downtown revitalization.
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Sun News on Tuesday, April 29, the MBDA sent a nine page PDF document.
In the nine pages, no texts or emails to Greene show board members showing concern or asking for further discussion following the fatal shooting that killed 18-year-old Jerrius Davis on North Ocean Boulevard, and left 11 others with unspecified injuries.
One text message saying that one person died and 11 were injured in a shooting downtown along with a local news article from WPDE from board Chairman Dan Sine was sent to Greene on Sunday afternoon following the shooting. It was the only text Greene received that weekend with any mention of the shooting from any of the MBDA board members, according to the FOIA response.
In the week after the shooting, The Sun News emailed and called Greene. The call was never returned, and in an email response Greene copied lead city spokesperson Meredith Denari on the thread, telling the reporter, “I believe many of your questions would be better directed to the Myrtle Beach Police Department or the City of Myrtle Beach.”
Greene did not respond to a subsequent call or three follow-up emails.
The FOIA response also showed a text message from Greene to Denari and assistant city manager Brian Tucker asking if there is a “holding statement” that the MBDA should have following the shooting. Denari replied and told Greene to let her know if he was contacted by local media.
The MBDA also postponed a Spring Business Summit previously scheduled for April 29. Greene did not respond to The Sun News’s questions about why the summit was rescheduled or if the postponement was related to safety concerns.
The extent of shooting-related injuries, along with how many bullets were fired and if police shot anyone else at the scene are all questions that remain unanswered as of Monday morning.
Spokesperson for the MBDA, Michelle Cantey, clarified on Monday over the phone that the alliance interpreted the FOIA request as only asking for text messages and emails to Greene from April 26 to April 29. A second FOIA request asking for all text messages and emails that Greene received from April 26 to May 3, and for all text messages and emails MBDA board members received during that week was submitted on Monday.
On Friday evening, after 5 p.m., Myrtle Beach Police Department spokesperson Randolph Angotti emailed two incident reports from the shooting that were labeled as public copies. The reports did not contain answers to any of the previously asked questions.
In response to the Myrtle Beach Police Department’s statements and a city-run press conference that was held four days after the deadly shooting, The Sun News filed a litany of other Freedom of Information Act requests with public agencies to try and find out more answers.
These questions have not been answered yet.
- Myrtle Beach Police Department: Names of officers involved in shooting from April 26, 2025; any officers that were placed on administrative leave from April 26, 2025, through today; personnel files for the officers placed on administrative leave; body camera footage from the shooting; any letters for anyone who went on paid administrative leave from the department from April 24 to April 29; Footage from the MBPD’s Real Time Crime Center on Saturday, April 26 on North Ocean Boulevard from 11:00 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 27.
- South Carolina Law Enforcement Division: Incident report, investigative report and after action report of the Ocean Boulevard shooting.
- City of Myrtle Beach: Copies of text messages and call logs between Chief Amy Prock and Myrtle Beach Mayor Brenda Bethune from April 25, 2025 to May 2, 2025; Copies of text messages and call logs between Chief Amy Prock and Myrtle Beach City Manager Fox Simons from April 25, 2025 to May 2, 2025; All drafts and copies of Mayor Brenda Bethune’s written statement and Chief Amy Prock’s written statement during a press conference on April 30, 2025; Any and all emails and text messages to City Council members, Mayor Brenda Bethune, Fox Simons, Brian Tucker, Josh Bruegger that contain the words “shooting,” “north ocean boulevard,” “downtown Myrtle Beach,” “Myrtle Beach safety”, “tourism” “summer” from Friday April 25 to Tuesday April 29.
- Horry County: All emails and text messages to County Administrator Barry Spivey from April 25 to April 29 about the fatal downtown Myrtle Beach shooting and safety.
The Sun News reporters Maria Elena Scott and Terri Richardson contributed research to this story.
This story was originally published May 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
