Update: Horry County Police investigate death in shooting Wednesday outside Myrtle Beach

Horry County Police are investigating a death resulting from a shooting Wednesday night in the Forestbrook area outside of Myrtle Beach.

The police department confirmed Thursday morning that the victim succumbed to injuries incurred in the incident.

Around 10 p.m. Wednesday night police responded to a reported shooting near Claypond Road and Bush Drive. They found the man in an SUV that was in a ditch on the side of the road.

Residents were asked to steer clear of the intersection of Bush Drive and Claypond Road around 11 p.m. as officers and detectives investigated the scene.

Some roads were temporarily blocked during the investigation.

This story was originally published August 26, 2020 at 11:21 PM.

Alan Blondin

The Sun News

Alan Blondin covers golf, Coastal Carolina University athletics, business, and numerous other sports-related topics that warrant coverage. Well-versed in all things Myrtle Beach, Horry County and the Grand Strand, the 1992 Northeastern University journalism school valedictorian has been a reporter at The Sun News since 1993 after working at papers in Texas and Massachusetts. He has earned eight top-10 Associated Press Sports Editors national writing awards and more than 20 top-three S.C. Press Association writing awards since 2007.