Horry County road rage incident left one dead. It wasn’t the first area has seen
A fatal shooting following a vehicle crash in Horry County wasn’t the first area road rage situation to escalate dangerously.
Paul Greenwood was reportedly shot several times by Elijaih Taylor Tuesday morning following a three-car accident resulting in an altercation between the two men. Taylor remains in custody as Greenwood’s family makes arrangements for the funeral.
The incident was one of at least three others reported in recent years in which an interaction between Horry County drivers became violent, including the shooting death of North Carolina resident Scott Spivey by a North Myrtle Beach business owner and his friend.
Woman nearly hit police with car during Myrtle Beach road rage situation
In October 2025, a woman was arrested for nearly hitting police officers with her car in a Myrtle Beach road rage situation.
Police reported that Susan Shoemaker-Worley was shouting profanities from her vehicle during a road rage incident with another car. As she became angrier, she reportedly blocked the other car with her own and later put her car in reverse and started spinning her tires.
When police told her to get out of the car, police reported that she put her car in drive and drove toward the three officers who were there, almost hitting them.
Shoemaker-Worley was since discharged following her arrest from the incident, but is back in custody after a late December arrest on similar charges including reckless driving and assault and battery first degree.
Brake checking led to shooting in Horry County road dispute
Earlier that year, in July, Myrtle Beach resident Cory Hall was arrested after a brake-checking match between him and another car turned into a shooting. The driver and passenger of the other car said that Hall cut them off and brake checked them, leading them to do the same in return, according to police reports.
In an escalation, Hall then pulled up beside them and brandished a firearm, which he then used to shoot their front left tire.
Police found the victims with their truck’s hazard lights on and a flat tire, according to reports. Hall was later arrested in a traffic stop in Surfside Beach.
Scott Spivey road rage shooting
Perhaps the most well-known local incident of road rage turned lethal is the fatal shooting of Scott Spivey by two men, including a North Myrtle Beach restaurant owner.
Weldon Boyd and Kenneth “Bradley” Williams were involved in a shootout with Spivey in September 2023 near Longs.
The police report from the incident indicates that Spivey’s vehicle was in front of another at the intersection of SC 9 and Camp Swamp Road. A driver told police that “the guy in the black truck” jumped out of his car and started shooting at them, leading them to shoot back, according to police reports.
Police reports state that the incident began when Spivey was driving erratically, waving his gun out his truck window and pointing it at Boyd and Williams. Police have said that Boyd followed Spivey for nine miles before the shooting took place in what has been labeled a road rage incident.
Boyd and Williams were not charged in the shooting as the state Attorney General’s Office ruled that it fell under South Carolina’s Protection of Persons and Property Act, often called the “Stand Your Ground” law. The law allows deadly force to be used in certain situations where individuals act in self-defense.
However, the case continues to resurface in community and political discussions as suspected police misconduct and disagreement on the validity of the “Stand Your Ground” ruling prevail.
A hearing on the Stand Your Ground law related to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Spivey’s family will be heard in February. If a judge rules that it is Stand Your Ground, then Boyd and Williams will be immune from the civil lawsuit.
