Is the Scott Spivey shooting case being reopened? Here’s the latest
The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office has asked the Spartanburg County solicitor to review the shooting death of a North Carolina man in Horry County two years ago.
Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter to 7th Circuit Solicitor Barry Barnette on Oct. 3, 2025, asking his office to review the case of Scott Spivey, who was shot and killed by two men, including a North Myrtle Beach business man, along Camp Swamp Road in the Longs area on Sept. 9, 2023.
When asked about the request for review, Mark Tinsley, attorney for the Spivey family, said by text, “I think it’s the best thing that’s happened in the case since I got involved.”
The attorney general is not appointing a special prosecutor in the case, according to communications director Robert Kittle by email. “We are asking a local solicitor to review SLED’s investigation into the (Horry County Police Department’s) handling of the Scott Spivey case, after allegations of police misconduct,” Kittle said.
The letter states that AG’s Office had already reviewed the case and declined to charge the two men involved, citing the state’s Stand Your Ground law.
“Once the investigation is complete, it may or may not bring up evidence that would affect the facts as we understand them from the initial investigation, including the review of the death of Scott Spivey and my office’s determination of immunity under the Protection of Persons and Property Act, commonly referred to as ‘Stand Your Ground Act’,” The AG said.
The letter asked Barnette to make any prosecutorial decisions regarding potential misconduct in Spivey’s death.
The Attorney General’s Office was asked to review the case after 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson recused himself from the case. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division also reviewed the case that was initially investigated by the Horry County Police department.
Spivey’s family raised several concerns about HCPD’s handling of the case and alleged misconduct by officers, many of them who were friends with one of the shooters, Weldon Boyd.
Boyd and his friend Kenneth “Bradley” Williams shot and killed the 33-year-old Tabor City, North Carolina, man after what appears to be a road rage incident that began on Highway 17 and ended on Camp Swamp Road. Neither man was charged in the case, which was determined to be self-defense under the state's Stand Your Ground law.
The family has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the two men. The suit is currently awaiting a Stand Your Ground hearing, which will determine whether or not the case can move forward.
This story was originally published October 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM.
