A North Myrtle Beach Police officer, who accidentally shot himself while responding to a mass shooting in Little River in 2025, claims that the gun manufacturer Sig Sauer is responsible for his injury, according to a new federal lawsuit.
Sgt. William Norton was at Harbourgate Marina in North Myrtle Beach with several other officers when his gun unintentionally discharged. The officers were accessing a boat to take them over to a dock on Watson Avenue, where a mass shooting on a party boat had been reported.
The round hit Norton in his upper left thigh and traveled down to his foot, causing Norton to undergo extensive surgery, according to the lawsuit that was filed in Federal District Court in Florence on Wednesday…