‘Oh my God, he’s shooting!’: 911 calls describe chaotic scene from deadly Highway 9 shooting in Horry County
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HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The 911 calls from a deadly September shooting involving a North Myrtle Beach business owner describe a chaotic scene.
News13 obtained the recordings from Horry County police on Wednesday morning that show what callers saw and heard during the shooting on Highway 9 in the Longs area.
Scott Spivey, 33, of Tabor City died in the shooting, the coroner’s office said. It happened on Sept. 9 near Camp Swamp Road.
An Horry County police report showed Spivey had allegedly initiated the shooting before he was killed. However, about a week later, 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson asked the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office to review the shooting after Weldon Boyd, who owns Buoys on the Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach, posted a “thank you” message on Facebook shortly after the shooting.
THE 911 CALLS:
Horry County police released five 911 calls from the shooting, including the one made by Boyd, who told 911 he was “going to shoot him [Spivey]” if he kept “waving a gun in his face.”
“I’ve got a guy pointing a gun at me driving, we’re armed as well. He keeps throwing the gun in our faces, acting like he’s about to shoot us. If he keeps this up, I am going to shoot him,” Boyd said in the chaotic call. “He’s trying to run from me now. We’re on Highway 9 headed toward Loris.”
“I don’t know what this dude’s problem is, I’m towing a f— couch and he just pulls up next to us and aims a gun at my f— friend’s head,” Boyd continued.
Boyd told 911 Spivey was in a black Chevrolet, which was corroborated by a frantic woman who called 911 and said Spivey was “all over the road” and “waving a gun in front of me trying to shoot at my car.”
“Oh my God, oh my God, I don’t know what’s going on. He’s jumping out of the truck, I’m turning the same way. There’s a truck behind him . . . oh my God, he’s shooting! Oh my God! He’s shooting the truck in front of us!” the woman yelled.
Another man called 911 after witnessing the shooting.
“One second, I’m sorry, somebody just shot somebody in the middle of the road,” the man said. “Somebody just unloaded shots through his windshield and shot this guy.”
“This guy got out of his truck, he was in a black truck, with his pistol drawn, the side is open. He told the guy ‘do not follow me anymore,'” the man described. “The guy in the white truck had his gun drawn, pointed at him. The guy in the black truck kind of moved his pistol and the guy in the white truck just unloaded him. Complete magazine at the guy. Shot through his back window and I think he might have hit him.”
“He aimed and shot! He held his gun and aimed right at us!” Boyd told 911 after the shooting. “Please come help us, man. I don’t want to go over there. This guy almost tried to kill us!”
“He shot f— first, man! Why the f— would he do that?” Boyd yelled. “Man, what the f—! Man, he might be dead. We don’t know, man. Why did you f— do that?”
When asked if he thought he hit Spivey, Boyd said “100%.”
“He got out, held the gun up, and then he racked it and when he racked it, I tried to put the truck in reverse and get the f— out of here,” Boyd described. “And then he shot. I don’t know if he shot my truck, I don’t know where it hit, but as soon as he shot, man, I shot back. I can’t risk my f— life like that.”
Police found Spivey dead in his front seat hunched over his center console with a handgun just underneath his hand, the report shows.
Earlier this month, the South Carolina Attorney General’s office said it declined to prosecute Boyd. A spokesperson told News13 it was due to insufficient evidence.
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Caleb is a digital producer at News13. Caleb joined the team in January 2023 after graduating from Liberty University. He is from Northern Virginia. Follow Caleb on X, formerly Twitter, and read more of his work here.
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