MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Cameras positioned along Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach captured an 18-year-old man shooting toward a group of people on April 26, a block away and only seconds after a city police officer shot and killed a Bennettsville man who had opened fire on the crowded street, documents said.
Ja’Warren Bethea Jr. was arrested on Monday and charged with first-degree assault and battery in connection with the shooting, which happened in the area of the Pavilion lot near 8th Avenue N. and N. Ocean Boulevard. He was given a $20,000 bond and released from the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Tuesday, according to online jail records.
Officers initially responded to the area and found three .380 caliber shell casings after getting an alert from the city’s ShotSpotter gunshot detection system, according to an affidavit filed in the city’s magistrate court…