North Carolina Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2018 Murder in Myrtle Beach

A North Carolina man was convicted and sentenced to life in prison yesterday in connection to a 2018 murder in Myrtle Beach. 21 year old Earl Gaddis of Spring Lake North Carolina was convicted of murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, unlawful carrying of a pistol, possession of a stolen pistol, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Gaddis was arrested on June 8th of 2018 after Sylvester Bellamy Jr. was found unarmed and shot to death in a public restroom along Withers Alley near Ocean Boulevard. 27 year old Terence Blackwell also of Spring Lake was also charged in the case. He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in April and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Gaddis is also charged in connection with another deadly shooting of a 17 year old in December 2018 in Harnett County, North Carolina.