HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The family of a man who was shot and killed during a January road-rage incident along Highway 90 expressed relief after his alleged killer was denied bond during a hearing in Horry County Circuit Court on Thursday.
Elijaih Thurman Taylor, 23, of Nakina, North Carolina, has been in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center since the Jan. 6 incident near Star Bluff and Long Bay roads that ended with the death of 33-year-old Paul Jones Greenwood of Nichols. He’s charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
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Greenwood was killed along the highway following a crash and an altercation that escalated into the shooting. A witness involved in the crash told News13 that Greenwood was driving a white pickup truck that “accidentally” veered and hit two other vehicles.
Greenwood’s family spoke with News13 after the hearing, expressing relief that Taylor will remain in jail…