Teens and young adults who come to the center of myrtle beach at the party have become a problem with public safety, said business owners and employees.
The group will go up and down the strip until it patronizes the business, said a beach shop owner, which we will call Tom. He speaks on condition of anonymity. Teens who carry their weapons stand in front of his building and block customers while often drinking and smoking cigarettes or marijuana.
Tom said he was afraid of revenge on city officials if he spoke against city leaders. Other store owners refused to be interviewed, citing the same reason.
At best, these teenagers are annoying; In the least, they are unpredictable young adults with deadly weapons.
On April 26, around 11:50 pm, Jerius Davis, 18, shot four rounds in a group on the North Ocean Boulevard near Mr. Fris, a Police Video of Myrtle Beach. In response, officer Brandon O’Rurk fired five rounds that killed teenager Bennettsville.
A total of 11 people were injured in the shooting. It is unclear how many injuries were caused by Davis, as at least one person said he was shot dead by a police officer at Myrtle Beach, The Sun News reported.
When Sun News asks employees if the center is feeling safe or dangerous, we received different answers. An employee of the gift shop said he was from New York and he saw much worse until Tom said that people were glimpses of his weapons in a threatening way.
“It’s children with weapons, weapons, they think they can do whatever they want, they are immunized. This has a strong effect on the locals,” Tom said.
Small groups begin to gather on Ocean Boulevard after a rainy storm on Friday night. The tourist neighborhood of the center of Myrtle Beach was relatively quiet for a summer evening on Ocean Boulevard and the pedestrian walkway. The storms put a shock absorber on the evening activities, but as the sky cleared, visitors returned to enjoy the attractions. Friday, May 30, 2025
A mixture of reactions in the center of myrtle beach
The city center staff had different answers to the crime in the center of myrtle Beach and the reaction of the city.
Some applauded local police officers, saying they reacted quickly when the boulevard became ugly, while others accuse the increase in the presence of the police for a decline in sales. The traffic that excludes the left lane of the North Ocean Boulevard on Friday and Saturday night is the most controversial.
Gustavo Alonso, who works at a gift shop on the North Ocean Boulevard, said closing the tape causes the store to lose customers, but he also did not blame the police.
“I can’t think of anything else,” Alonso said.
The young people receive henna tattoos in a shop along the Ocean Boulevard at Myrtle Beach, S. The tourist neighborhood of the center of Myrtle Beach was relatively quiet for a summer evening on Ocean Boulevard and the pedestrian walkway. The storms put a shock absorber on the evening activities, but as the sky cleared, visitors returned to enjoy the attractions. Friday, May 30, 2025
Other employees who refused to give their names said the increased number of employees could scare the vacationers. There were several police officers at 6:00 pm, but they still appeared when the night continued.
Tom and Keko Henry, the manager at the resort company Shopicana, said they were working with the police to improve safety. For example, employees advised them to leave their lights at night to prevent people from staying out of stores in hours.
Depending on the night, some stores will close early. Alonso said that if it was too debauchery, he would close the store.
“During these times, we would close about 12 hours, 1 hour. But after the spring break, we close at about 10 hours. 11 hours pressed it,” Tom said.
Decreasing sales felt by the business owner at Myrtle Beach
The summer season did not start, but Tom and Alonso said they had less clients than normal, although they did not blame it in recent shooting. Tom said his sales were reducing before the shooting.
This is again accused of crowds. Alonso said he was worried that big crowds of young people could scare other tourists.
Tom and Alonso also accused the lack of sales of the ban on output and narcotic accessories in the center of myrtle Beach. They said CBD products and pipes were popular items.
The tourist neighborhood of the center of Myrtle Beach was relatively quiet for a summer evening on Ocean Boulevard and the pedestrian walkway. The storms put a shock absorber on the evening activities, but as the sky cleared, visitors returned to enjoy the attractions. Friday, May 30, 2025
In an attempt to make the city more comfortable for the family in 2018, the City Council voted to ban the sale of these items on Ocean Boulevard from the 6th Avenue south to the 16th Avenue north, The Sun News reported.
At a press conference after the April shooting, Mayor of Myrtle Beach Betun said he did not want cheap rooms for motels and sexually explicit T -shirts that attract the wrong look in the city. Tom disagreed with this, stating that inappropriate T -shirts are not the real problem.
“I don’t think any business that sells a shirt that says” I Heart Country Boys “or” Henny-Ting can happen “or any of these species affects what is happening there,” said Tom. “What should be observed is that children go drunk with bottles.”