Two hurt after fight at Coastal Grand Mall, Myrtle Beach police investigating
Two people were hurt after a fight at the Coastal Grand mall parking lot Tuesday afternoon.
Witnesses and police indicated that at least one of the victims was stabbed or shot.
Myrtle Beach police responded to the mall around 3:30 p.m. for the incident. Cpl. Thomas Vest said the initial call was for a fight in the food court area. Officers searched for people involved in the incident that fled the area, Vest said. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 843-918-1382.
Tuesday evening Myrtle Beach police said they arrested one person in connection to the incident. That suspect’s name has not been released.
More than a dozen police cars and ambulances in the mall’s parking lot. A portion of the lot as well as the entrance in front of the food court were is blocked off by yellow crime scene tape.
Destinee Rucker was walking out of the mall when she saw the victim covered in blood and the scene.
“My reaction was just like, ‘What in the world?’” Rucker said.
She said she first thought the victim was shot because of the amount of blood.
Two other witnesses, who declined to provide their names, said they were driving around when they watched the incident happened. They then called 911 to report it to the police.
“I thought we were witnessing a mugging at first,” one of the witnesses said.
The duo said they saw the suspects fleeing from the area and one of them had blood covering his shirt. Initially, they thought it was part of the shirt’s design until they realized that it was blood.
This story was originally published September 8, 2020 at 3:32 PM.
