Myrtle Beach man behind fatal 2013 carjacking charged with 2nd shooting death
Horry County Police arrested a Myrtle Beach man for allegedly murdering a victim in a Murrells Inlet shooting last month.
This is not the first time Swava Lamares McCrea has been charged with murder.
McCrea, 36, was arrested Friday for his involvement in the July 22, 2025, shooting. McCrea faces charges of murder along with possession of a weapon by a felon. He currently remains detained in J. Reuben Long Detention Center.
McCrea is accused of firing shots with a handgun that killed Waltez Latham, 42, outside of a Murrells Inlet home on Waites Drive. He was no longer at the scene when authorities arrived, but witness reports placed him at the scene, arrest warrants say.
In 2013, McCrea was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting and carjacking in Myrtle Beach. He was convicted in 2015 and ordered to serve 10 years in prison in connection.
