A hearing to determine whether a wrongful death lawsuit against a North Myrtle Beach businessman and his friend can move forward has been set for February.
The 2023 deadly shooting of Scott Spivey in Horry County has received national attention and has put South Carolina’s Stand Your Ground law in the spotlight.
The hearing has been set for the week of Feb. 17 and will determine whether Weldon Boyd, owner of Buoys on the Boulevard, and his friend, Kenneth “Bradley” Williams will receive immunity for shooting and killing the 33-year-old North Carolina man on Sept. 9, 2023, on Camp Swamp Road in what police have labeled a road rage incident.
Boyd and Williams have not been charged in the case after law enforcement agencies, including the state Attorney General’s Office, ruled the shooting as self-defense based on Stand Your Ground…