Crime

Update: HCPD said Loris man shot and killed Saturday possibly victim of robbery

Horry County police are investigating after a 28-year-old Loris man was shot to death during the early morning hours on Saturday, and police believe he was killed during a home robbery, Lt. Raul Denis, spokesman with Horry County police, said.

Eugene Delong, died as a result of a gunshot wound about 2:45 a.m. on Saturday at his home on Bill Grissett Road, off S.C. 9 in Loris, Michelle McSpadden, deputy coroner with Horry County said.

Denis said it appears that Delong was killed in his home during what police believe was a robbery.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Horry County police at 248-1520, or to leave information on the tip line at 843-915-8477. Information can be left anonymously on the tip line.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

Please check back for story updates.

Contact ELIZABETH TOWNSEND at 626-0217 or on Twitter @TSN_etownsend.

This story was originally published May 9, 2015 at 8:18 AM with the headline "Update: HCPD said Loris man shot and killed Saturday possibly victim of robbery."

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