One Person Is Dead Following A Shooting At A Waffle House In Conway

Horry County Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard confirmed one person is dead following a shooting at a Waffle House in Conway. According to Conway Police Chief Dale Long, officers responded to shots fired at the Waffle House on 501 and El Bethel Road around 2:30 a.m. this morning. When officers arrived they found one victim with gunshot wounds and that person was taken to the hospital where they later died. At 5 a.m. this morning Long said a suspect had been detained as a person of interested in connection to the shooting but no charges had been filed. Chief Long said the people involved were not employees at the restaurant and officers are trying to determine whether or not they arrived together and what led up to shots being fired.