A judge’s decision to deny civilly a North Myrtle Beach restaurant owner’s claims of self-defense in a 2023 deadly shooting could open the door for criminal charges to be filed.
But whether that will happen appears to rest with the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, which has previously declined to file charges in the case.
Weldon Boyd was denied immunity under the state’s Stand Your Ground law following a four-day hearing last week in a Horry County courtroom, where for the first time in a public setting he talked about shooting and killing a North Carolina man more than two years ago.
Boyd and his passenger, Kenneth “Bradley” Williams, are facing a civil lawsuit from the family of Scott Spivey, who claim the two men chased the 33-year-old for miles before killing him in a gun battle along Camp Swamp Road on Sept. 9, 2023…