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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 1: A shooting at a restaurant in Myrtle Beach has resulted

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Speaker 1: in one fatality and another individual sustaining injuries. Authorities have

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Speaker 1: apprehended a suspect linked to the incident. During a press

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Speaker 1: briefing on Saturday, the Myrtle Beach Police Department identified the

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Speaker 1: alleged shooter as seventeen year old Ebany McRae, who will

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Speaker 1: face charges as an adult. Officers responded to the scene

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Speaker 1: at Peach's Corner, located in the nine hundred block of

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Speaker 1: North Ocean Boulevard, around eleven fifteen pm on Friday following

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Speaker 1: reports of gunfire. Preliminary investigations indicate that the shooting was

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Speaker 1: inside the restaurant. Police, who were already patrolling the area,

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Speaker 1: arrived promptly to the scene. One victim was transported to

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Speaker 1: the hospital with injuries, while the second victim was pronounced

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Speaker 1: dead from their wounds. Myrtle Beach Police Chief Amy Prock

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Speaker 1: addressed the community and local leaders in light of the

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Speaker 1: tragedy event emphasizing the need to confront violence proactively.

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Speaker 2: We have to focus on the violence and make sure

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Speaker 2: that we're addressing that, ensuring that we're dressing that our

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Speaker 2: computing in our community, but we also need to make

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Speaker 2: sure that we're addressing it in bigger ways in our

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Speaker 2: community as well. So I want to ensure that that's

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Speaker 2: getting passed on to our community so that we can

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Speaker 2: work together to address those issues with our legislators as well.

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Speaker 1: Zion Atkinson, a visitor from West Virginia, recounted the moments

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Speaker 1: when the shooting occurred. I heard the gunfire, then saw

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Speaker 1: the police rushing in and telling everyone to get down

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Speaker 1: and leave the area. A tourist from Vermont expressed her

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Speaker 1: concerns for her grandchildren in light of the incident, saying

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Speaker 1: I felt safe visiting Myrtle Beach until I heard about this.

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Speaker 1: It makes me worry about the safety of my grandchildren.

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Speaker 1: We heard the gunfire and we begin to run. The

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Speaker 1: investigation is ongoing and authorities are urging anyone with photographs

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Speaker 1: or video footage of the incident to reach out at

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Speaker 1: eight four three nine one eight eight two for Crime

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Speaker 1: and Justice News. After this, a mother from Virginia has

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Speaker 1: initiated legal action against a funeral home after a horrifying

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Speaker 1: experience during her son's viewing. Tabitha Worrel claims that when

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Speaker 1: she and her family approached the casket of her son,

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Speaker 1: Torrean Williams, they were met with a disturbing sight of

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Speaker 1: his face, nose, and mouth allegedly quote infested with clusters

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Speaker 1: of maggots. Worrel has filed a lawsuit against Snelling Funeral

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Speaker 1: Home in Chesapeake and its parent company, Holoman Brown Funeral

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Speaker 1: Home in Norfolk, seeking five million dollars for breach of

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Speaker 1: contract and negligence. Torrian Williams tragically lost his life in

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Speaker 1: a car accident at the age of twenty four. According

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Speaker 1: to the lawsuit, the family had made a three thousand

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Speaker 1: dollars deposit to Snelling Funeral Home for the necessary arrangements.

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Speaker 1: A week following his death, the family held a viewing

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Speaker 1: and a funeral service at the funeral home. As mourners

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Speaker 1: approached the coffin, they reportedly noticed that his facial features

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Speaker 1: were severely infected by maggots. The lawsuit alleges that the

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Speaker 1: infestation appeared to have been present for a quote considerable

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Speaker 1: amount of time and was wilfully overlooked by the funeral

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Speaker 1: home staff. It also stated that the maggots had burrowed

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Speaker 1: into his skin, where there had been no prior injuries,

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Speaker 1: according to his mother. During this distressing situation, one employee

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Speaker 1: allegedly put her hands on Warl and cautioned her against

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Speaker 1: quote causing a scene, while another commented, the flies got

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Speaker 1: to him, I suppose. Warrel and her legal team assert

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Speaker 1: that the funeral home did not properly prepare, preserve, or

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Speaker 1: inspect William's body before the viewing. They argue that he

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Speaker 1: was not stored in a sealed refrigeration unit, leaving him

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Speaker 1: vulnerable to environmental conditions that allowed for the presence of

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Speaker 1: flies in mass. Since witnessing her son in such a state,

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Speaker 1: Warrel has reportedly endured significant mental and emotional distress, requiring

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Speaker 1: psychological care. She experiences insomnia, anxiety, distressing dreams, and flashbacks.

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Speaker 1: According to her attorneys, they subjected this family to an

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Speaker 1: appalling spectacle, said attorney Kevin Sharp. Maggots were oozing from

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Speaker 1: the young man's nose, in his mouth, and all over

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Speaker 1: his face. The attorney said. Sharp also expressed Warrel's shock

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Speaker 1: at the staff members they did not want her to

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Speaker 1: create a disturbance, suggesting that the staff implied she was

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Speaker 1: to blame for the emotional response that she felt when

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Speaker 1: she saw her son. In response, Casey Jones, the CEO

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Speaker 1: of the funeral homes, issued a statement saying, the unexpected

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Speaker 1: loss of Torrean Williams is tragic and we extend our

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Speaker 1: heartfelt condolences to his family. However, due to the ongoing

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Speaker 1: legal proceedings, we feel it is inappropriate to make further

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Speaker 1: comments at this time. Police in Georgia need you're helping

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Speaker 1: locating a missing girl. Authorities in Borrow County are searching

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Speaker 1: for a missing fifteen year old. The County Sheriff's Office

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Speaker 1: reported Joy Michelle Littlejohn was last seen in the area

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Speaker 1: of winder on Saturday, June twenty eighth. Joy is described

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Speaker 1: as having black hair, brown eyes. She was last seen

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Speaker 1: wearing a black shirt, black pants, and leopard print house shoes.

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Speaker 1: She weighs about one hundred and thirty five pounds and

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Speaker 1: stands about five foot and four inches tall. Anyone with

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Speaker 1: information on Joy's whereabouts is asked to reach out immediately

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Speaker 1: to the Sheriff's office at seven seven zero three zero

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Speaker 1: seven three zero eight zero. For the latest crime and

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