Accused shooter in Dunbar Street homicide charged by Myrtle Beach police
Police charged a second man with murder in connection to the deadly shooting on Dunbar Street this week.
Myrtle Beach police announced Friday it charged Joerael Lamar Bratten , 26, of New Haven, Connecticut, with murder and attempted murder. He faces life in prison if convicted. A municipal judge denied bond during a Friday hearing as only a circuit court judge can set bond on a murder charge.
Police previously charged Walter Allen Cuttino, 25, of Georgetown, with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and attempted murder. Shamia Janea Maness, 24, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was charged with obstruction of justice.
Around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to Dunbar Street and Graham Avenue for the reported shooting. The Horry County Coroner’s Office confirmed Anthony McNeil, 23, died of his injuries. Another victim, Marquise Gray, is expected to recover, police say.
The arrest warrant states that Cuttino and Bratten went to a Dunbar Street residence. Police say Bratten took a gun from the right pocket of his jacket and shot the victims. Cuttino and Bratten then fled the scene.
Lt. Tommy Allen said Maness misled investigators in the hours after the shooting. When they spoke to her again, Maness invoked her right to a lawyer.
Bratte was also charged as a fugitive from justice for leaving Connecticut while on parole for a criminal possession of a pistol charge.
This story was originally published April 5, 2019 at 1:54 PM.
