FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — The brother of a Myrtle Beach woman who was run over on the beach and killed by a Horry County police officer in June 2024 is suing the department, the county and others in federal court.
Sandra “Sandy” Schultz-Peters, 66, died in the June 13, 2024, incident. She was hit by Julian “Duke” Brown, who joined the Horry County police in 1988 and retired in August 2024.
The federal complaint, filed by Anthony Schultz on behalf of Schultz-Peters, names HCPD, Horry County Government, Brown, Gregory Hutchins and William Muldoon. It is a “civil rights action seeking money damages to redress the egregious and conscience-shocking violation of the constitutional rights of Sandra M. Schultz-Peters.”
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The lawsuit alleges that in late September 2023, Brown, while patrolling the beach in his role as HCPD’s Beach Patrol Safety Director, ran over another beachgoer’s chair. It claims that in a “conscience-shocking act of deliberate indifference,” Officer Brown’s direct supervisor, Sgt. Muldoon, chose not to report this incident up the chain of command, formally investigate, or institute the requisite disciplinary review of Officer Brown’s conduct because it “‘wasn’t any big deal’ is what I was told.’”…