Suspect admitted to deadly Myrtle Beach shooting, police reports reveal
A shooting on Friday night at Peaches Corner in Myrtle Beach’s popular Ocean Boulevard tourist district left one person dead and another injured.
Newly released police reports reveal the suspect admitted to shooting the victim.
A 17-year-old employee of Peaches Corner, Evony McCray of Conway, has been charged with murder after a verbal altercation on Friday ended with shots fired and one dead. The deceased, 18-year-old Grayson Meyers of Myrtle Beach, was shot several times according to the arrest report, and was killed at the scene. In a post Miranda interview, McCray admitted to shooting Meyers, the report states.
McCray also faces charges for illegal possession of a firearm and using it for a violent crime, as well as assault. He is being tried as an adult and remains detained in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.
Police have not revealed whether Meyers also possessed a weapon at the time as the information is part of an ongoing investigation, though Meyers’ Instagram page featured photos and videos of him showing off various firearms.
A second victim in the crosswalk near the restaurant suffered a gunshot wound in the leg, which was discovered after police saw a blood trail outside Peaches Corner, according to a CAD report. This victim suffered non-life threatening injuries. No further information has been released about this second victim.
The incident report states that the offender was quickly located by nearby police.
This is the third shooting to take place on Ocean Boulevard this summer. A shooting earlier this month, also near Peaches Corner, left one person injured from a gunshot, and a shooting in April left 11 people injured and killed one.
This recent shooting has sparked an effort among city officials to re-evaluate the municipal juvenile curfew ordinance. From Wednesday through Monday, individuals under 18 years old must adhere to a curfew that extends from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in a “protected zone” in downtown Myrtle Beach, the city announced on Tuesday. The temporary curfew change will align with expected Fourth of July crowds in the downtown area. Outside of the protected zone, the preexisting midnight to 6 a.m. juvenile curfew will still be enforced.
Assistant City Manager Josh Bruegger explained in an email to The Sun News that the city hopes for “voluntary compliance” to this curfew, but there is the potential for misdemeanor charges for violators, The Sun News previously reported.
Bruegger also said that city staff is currently researching potential long-term changes to the curfew to be brought forth at a future City Council meeting.
