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The City of Myrtle Beach cited HIPAA as a reason for why they are unable to give some additional details about Saturday’s shooting that killed 18-year-old Jerrius Davis, and left 11 others with injuries.
As of Thursday afternoon, the city had not released specific ages or genders for the 11 people who were injured, or the extent of each person’s injury. During a press conference the prior day, Myrtle Beach’s Police Chief Amy Prock said the ages of those injured ranged from 13 to 43 years-old, and that they suffered from life-threatening injuries after being shot. Her statement was later clarified by Denari after the press conference…