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Woman drags Horry County officer with car before he shoots her in arm in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Modified Date: 
Sat, 02/26/2022 - 12:32pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Cops: Woman shot in arm after dragging Horry County officer

SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - A woman and an Horry County police officer are hospitalized after the woman dragged the officer, and he shot her in the arm. Raul Denis tells local media outlets the officer stopped the woman's car Tuesday morning after a report of shoplifting at a Surfside Beach store. The woman got back in her car, and the officer was caught in the door and dragged before firing. The names of the officer and the woman were not immediately released. Denis said he didn't know the condition of the officer but said the woman's injuries were not life-threatening.

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Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Unusual Circumstances
City: 
Myrtle Beach, SC
County: 
Horry County, SC
Area: 
Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC

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