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CTV News
6 days ago
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- CTV News
Teen arrested in South Carolina party boat shooting that hurt 11 people
In this photo provided by the Horry County Police Department, police officers respond to the scene of a shooting on Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Little River, S.C. (Horry County Police Department via AP) LITTLE RIVER, S.C. — A 19-year-old has been taken into custody in Illinois and authorities said they plan to charge him in a shooting that hurt 11 people after a party boat cruise in South Carolina. The shooting happened Sunday night on a dock in Little River after a fight on the boat during the three-hour cruise, Horry County Police said. The suspect is expected to be charged with several counts of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and then officials will seek to extradite him from Lake County, Illinois, back to South Carolina, police said. The investigation into the shooting continues and more people could be charged, authorities said. Officials said 120 people partied on the boat over the holiday weekend and were leaving on the dock when the shooting happened. Ten people were wounded by gunfire, mostly on the lower parts of their body, and one person was hurt by a falling speaker, authorities said. Investigators think only one person fired shots. They didn't say what started the dispute on the boat and how it led to the shooting on the dock and also would not say what kind of weapon was used. About three miles (five kilometres) down the Intracoastal Waterway, a North Myrtle Beach police officer accidentally shot himself in the leg as he tried to get a boat into the water to respond to the shooting scene, officials said. Little River is about 20 miles (32 kilometres) northeast of Myrtle Beach. The fishing village is known for its docks and marinas where fishing expeditions, casino boats and several dolphin cruises leave daily. The Associated Press
CNN
27-05-2025
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- CNN
10 people shot following altercation at South Carolina boat gathering, police say
Ten people were shot and at least one other person was injured when a holiday weekend gathering at a charter boat in a South Carolina coastal community turned violent, according to police. Some of those injured in the shooting in Little River on Sunday were in critical condition as of Monday morning, Horry County police said, without specifying how many. Detectives were trying to determine who was responsible for the shooting, police said; no names were released and no arrests were immediately announced. The shooting stemmed from an altercation during a private Memorial Day weekend gathering on a charter boat in Little River, a community of about 11,000 people situated along the Intracoastal Waterway near the North Carolina state line, police said. Police didn't say whether the shooting happened on the boat. The vessel was docked at the time of the incident, Horry County spokesperson Mikayla Moskov said. Details about what led to the altercation weren't immediately available. Eleven people were taken to hospitals, police said. Besides the 10 who were shot, one person 'reported an unknown non-gunfire-related injury,' police said. According to The Associated Press, a flyer online advertised a party Sunday night with a DJ on a three-hour cruise ending at 9 p.m. A woman who answered a phone number on the flyer early Monday said she was distraught seeing her friends get shot, but then said she didn't want to talk further and hung up, according to the AP. Someone who answered the phone at the company that owns the boat said he didn't want to talk to a reporter, according to the AP. A North Myrtle Beach Police officer suffered a self-inflicted leg injury while responding to the Little River shooting after accidentally discharging his service weapon, the department's public information officer Patrick Wilkinson told CNN. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the incident. The officer was transported to the hospital Sunday night and remains in stable condition as of Monday afternoon, Wilkinson said. Little River is roughly 20 miles northeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This is a developing story and will be updated.
The Independent
27-05-2025
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- The Independent
Father caught in Fort Lauderdale boat explosion describes ‘terrifying' blast that burned his children
A father has described surviving a 'terrifying' boat explosion in Fort Lauderdale on Memorial Day that left 11 people, including his two young children suffering from burns. Antonio Rivera was one of the 13 people on board when the accident happened at approximately 5.45pm on Monday afternoon. He told CBS News that the driver had been attempting to restart the engine after refueling, intending to return the party to shore along the Intracoastal Waterway. 'We tried to fuel up the boat and it must've been a gas leak,' Rivera said. 'A spark went off and an explosion.' The strength of the blast threw members of the group into the water and caused a flash fire, according to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesperson Frank Guzman. The injured were subsequently rescued by members of the public and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and taken to nearby Broward Health Medical Center for treatment. Those suffering severe burns were subsequently transferred on to a specialist unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The remaining two boaters and a dog were reportedly unharmed. Rivera said his wife and children, aged just five and seven, had been wounded but added: 'They'll be okay – there's nothing permanent – but they did get third-degree burns. It was terrifying.' Eyewitness Bret Triano said he had seen the boat engulfed by a fireball and rushed to help, along with several others, by jumping into a dinghy. 'When they went to start their boat up, it just exploded. People were kind of falling off the boat,' he said. Triano said he found Rivera in the water: 'He was saying, 'Save me, please don't let me die, I'm so hot, I need water.'' The vessel had been anchored at a sandbar near the waterway's New River Triangle, a popular congregating point for boaters on holiday weekends, at the time of the explosion. The USCG has since posted on social media that a salvage operation is underway and that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is investigating precisely what caused the incident.
The Independent
27-05-2025
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- The Independent
Memorial Day boat explosion in Florida sends 11 people to the hospital
A fiery boat explosion near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Memorial Day sent 11 people to the hospital, many suffering from burns, officials said Tuesday. The 39-foot (12-meter) Sea Ray boat had 15 people on board when the explosion happened at around 6 p.m. on Monday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which said the cause of the blast is being investigated. The boat was traveling along the Intracoastal Waterway when the explosion occurred, FWC officials said. Two of the victims are children. Witnesses described a chaotic scene on the busy holiday weekend. 'When they went to start their boat up, it just exploded,' witness Brett Triano told WPLG-TV. 'There was a huge fireball and people were kind of falling off the boat.'
Washington Post
27-05-2025
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- Washington Post
All 11 victims are expected to survive the shooting near a South Carolina party boat
A fight on board a boat where 120 people were partying over the holiday weekend led to a shooting where 11 people were hurt along the South Carolina coast, authorities said. Only three of the people hurt in Sunday night's shooting remain in the hospital, and all are expected to survive, Horry County Police Chief Kris Leonhardt said during a news conference Tuesday. The shooting happened on the dock in Little River along the Intracoastal Waterway as people were getting off the boat, Leonhardt said. Investigators believe only one person was firing. Ten people were shot and one person was hurt when a speaker fell on their head, authorities said. No arrests have been made. Leonhardt said many people ran for their lives when the gunfire erupted and were gone by the time officers arrived. The chief refused to say what started the dispute on the boat and how it led to the shooting on the dock. He also would not say what kind of weapon was used. 'Items were recovered, but that's part of the investigation, and we don't want to release it at this time,' Leonhardt said. Most of the victims were shot in the lower part of their bodies, Horry County Fire Chief Joseph Tanner said. The shooting around 9:15 p.m. Sunday happened where a private charter boat docks for cruises. About 120 people and four crew members were on the packed boat, authorities said. A flyer online advertised a party with a DJ on a three-hour cruise ending at 9 p.m. A woman who answered a phone number on the flyer told The Associated Press that she was distraught seeing her friends get shot, but then said she didn't want to talk anymore and hung up. Someone who answered the phone at the company that owns the boat told the AP he didn't want to talk to a reporter. About 3 miles (5 kilometers) down the Intracoastal Waterway, a North Myrtle Beach police officer accidentally shot himself in the leg as he tried to get a boat into the water to respond to the shooting scene, officials said. Little River is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Myrtle Beach. The fishing village is known for its docks and marinas where fishing expeditions, casino boats and several dolphin cruises leave daily. The investigation into Sunday's shooting has been made a little harder because many of the people on the boat were from out of town and detectives are trying to track them down, Leonhardt said.
