Stabbing at Myrtle Beach hotel stemmed from an argument over rent, report says

An argument over rent money led to a stabbing involving three people at a hotel in Myrtle Beach Monday morning, according to a police report.

Jeffrey Alonzo Keitt, 88, was charged with two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in the stabbing.

Officers responded to the Quail Inn and Suites at 1004 S. Ocean Blvd. in reference to a stabbing. Two people were injured with one being taken to the hospital.

According to the report, officers discovered Keitt and a female victim engaged in a “verbal argument” about overdue rent money. Keitt then became angry and stabbed the other victim in the room, “causing multiple lacerations” to his legs.

Keitt then turned to the woman he argued with and began stabbing her in the leg before he was stopped by the other victim, who took the knife and discarded it on the first floor of the hotel.

Officers arrived on the scene where they detained Keitt and found a pocket knife on him.

This is the second stabbing in a week at a Myrtle Beach business.

Last week, police charged Gary Everett Arnold Jr., 37, of Coventry, Rhode Island, in a stabbing that occurred Wednesday at a city laundromat.

Officers responded at 10:10 p.m. to a business in the 1100 block of 3rd Ave. South in reference to a reported stabbing, according to a Myrtle Beach Police Facebook post. It appears that it occurred at the Lane Mega Laundry, 1109 3rd Ave. S, according to a text from Myrtle Beach Police spokesperson Randolph Angotti.

This story was originally published April 21, 2026 at 12:46 PM.