Suspect charged in Myrtle Beach motel robbery, shooting

A 19-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with an April 3, Myrtle Beach motel shooting and robbery.

Rasheem Roland Amos is charged with armed robbery, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, drug possession, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to Myrtle Beach Jail records.

Officers were called about 3:30 p.m. April 3 at a motel at 707 Flagg Street in reference a shooting incident, according to Myrtle Beach police report.

An 18-year-old male victim told police he was making a phone in the motel stairwell when someone came up to him, pointed a gun, and demanded money, authorities said.

The victim said he gave the suspect, who he said he didn’t know, $60 and was then shot in the hand by the suspect, police said.

The suspect then ran from the scene on foot, according to the report.

This story was originally published April 9, 2016 at 9:54 AM with the headline "Suspect charged in Myrtle Beach motel robbery, shooting."