Man killed in Myrtle Beach hotel after shootout

IN MYRTLE BEACH, A MAN IS DEAD AND A POLICE OFFICER IS INJURED AFTER A SHOOT OUT DURING A STANDOFF AT A HOTEL. SLED SAYS 39 YEAR OLD HENDRICKS WASHINGTON DIED. WE ARE TOLD OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE ROADSIDE INN SUNDAY EVENING FOR DISORDERLY TENANT. SLED SAYS WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, WASHINGTON FIRED A GUN. SEVERAL TIMES, THEN BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE. A SHOOTING THEN HAPPENED AND WASHINGTON DIED AT THE SCENE.

A man was killed and a law enforcement officer was injured after a shootout during a standoff at a Myrtle Beach area hotel, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).The Horry County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as Hendrix Herschel Washington, 39.MORE HEADLINES80-year-old driver dies after vehicle runs red light, hits pickup truck, coroner saysDozens of dogs rescued from Carolina home, woman arrested, officials sayTeen who died at bull riding competition was riding bull for first time at rodeo, sister saysRenée Wunderlich, with SLED, said an officer with the Horry County Police Department responded Sunday evening to a call about a disorderly tenant at a hotel on South Kings Highway, outside of Surfside Beach.Police said it was near 17th Avenue North at the Road Side Inn.The Horry County Police Department posted about the incident before 10 p.m. on Facebook. When officers arrived, Washington fired a gun multiple times from inside a room, Wunderlich said.She said one officer suffered a non-life-threatening fragment wound to the head. That officer has since been discharged from the hospital, she said. After he fired shots, Washington then barricaded himself in the room, and the Horry County Police Department SWAT responded to the scene, according to Wunderlich. Hours later, there was an exchange of gunfire and Washington died at the scene, Wunderlich said. No other information was released.This was the third incident in South Carolina this year where an officer has been involved in a shooting, Wunderlich said. It was the first shooting of its kind for the Horry County Police Department this year, she said, adding that the Horry County Police Department had no such shootings last year.

SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. —

A man was killed and a law enforcement officer was injured after a shootout during a standoff at a Myrtle Beach area hotel, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

The Horry County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as Hendrix Herschel Washington, 39.

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Renée Wunderlich, with SLED, said an officer with the Horry County Police Department responded Sunday evening to a call about a disorderly tenant at a hotel on South Kings Highway, outside of Surfside Beach.

Police said it was near 17th Avenue North at the Road Side Inn.

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The Horry County Police Department posted about the incident before 10 p.m. on Facebook.

When officers arrived, Washington fired a gun multiple times from inside a room, Wunderlich said.

She said one officer suffered a non-life-threatening fragment wound to the head.

That officer has since been discharged from the hospital, she said.

After he fired shots, Washington then barricaded himself in the room, and the Horry County Police Department SWAT responded to the scene, according to Wunderlich.

Hours later, there was an exchange of gunfire and Washington died at the scene, Wunderlich said.

No other information was released.

This was the third incident in South Carolina this year where an officer has been involved in a shooting, Wunderlich said.

It was the first shooting of its kind for the Horry County Police Department this year, she said, adding that the Horry County Police Department had no such shootings last year.