{"id":151075,"date":"2025-05-26T15:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/gunfire-erupts-following-a-charter-boat-altercation-in-south-carolina-beach-town-police-say-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:55:58","slug":"gunfire-erupts-following-a-charter-boat-altercation-in-south-carolina-beach-town-police-say-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/gunfire-erupts-following-a-charter-boat-altercation-in-south-carolina-beach-town-police-say-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunfire erupts following a charter boat altercation in South Carolina beach town, police say &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Profile<br \/>Sections<br \/>Local<br \/>tv<br \/>Featured<br \/>More From NBC<br \/>Follow NBC News<br \/> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>A charter boat &#8220;altercation&#8221; erupted into gunfire on Sunday in South Carolina, leaving at least 10 people wounded and one other person injured, authorities said.<br \/>Horry County police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horrycountypd\/posts\/pfbid0sCM31mHo9qFH5QJL16nT9yozrVzMdMgVimYBCeYYPnQEJmJy3njPcdZs9XxnCHi5l\" target=\"_blank\">said in a Monday statement that investigators<\/a> are still working &#8220;to identify the person or persons responsible for the incident&#8221; in Little River, a beach town about 25 miles northeast of Myrtle Beach.<br \/>&#8220;Thus far, the investigation indicates that the shooting was an isolated event that resulted from an altercation during a private Memorial Day weekend gathering on a charter boat,&#8221; police said. &#8220;The boat was docked at the time of the incident.&#8221;<br \/>The most seriously wounded people were listed in &#8220;critical but stable condition,&#8221; police said.<br \/>Passengers aboard the boat had just docked when shooting erupted on the marina, according to Harold Wiegel, a partner of nearby business Myrtle Beach Adventures.<br \/>Wiegel said his son lives near the marina and heard the shooting.<br \/>&#8220;When they got off the boat, they just started shooting each other,&#8221; Wiegel told NBC News.<br \/>A North Myrtle Beach police officer responding to the shooting was injured when his gun accidentally fired, Myrtle Beach police said in a separate statement. <br \/>The officer, who suffered a leg wound, was stabilized at a hospital, the department said.<br \/>The shooting, sometime before 10 p.m., was isolated to its original location near the Intracoastal Waterway, police said.<br \/> &#8220;There is no risk to the community at this time,&#8221; they said.<br \/>Little River is a community of more than 11,000 people along the South Carolina coast&#8217;s Grand Strand and near the border with North Carolina. The town is known for its deep-sea fishing charters, boat cruises, and casino boats.<br \/>Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.<br \/>Senior Breaking News Reporter<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNU3RJbVRVQUk0WWdERU5zLWZGOXkweHYtVHhEVnQzLWx5Q0tLMWVtZEtpejFTREJTdmIwQk1mb3hseDlpVklZUzNhR2x3eFN4RElrQzdZOEtqNnVNcUFKUW5jcFVMQVhZTWdpcTB3UW5qS05ZM0sxMjBCbUxVS1Bub3JHM1RqSGdjYXJjM2NCRHJCalpSaXpUcUhMVdIBVkFVX3lxTE9nWHE5VG1sV3hjZDJycGZUbE1aSXRiZXRWSjY2QzBzeDYzcEg2YVhnUDZhZ1JBRFREU1ZNVlFuUDhHemVYWGRoVmF4VFB1R25wMEV0U0Nn?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProfileSectionsLocaltvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeA charter boat &#8220;altercation&#8221; erupted into gunfire on Sunday in South Carolina, leaving at least 10 people wounded and one other person injured, authorities said.Horry County police said in a Monday statement that investigators are still working &#8220;to identify the person or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}