HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – The family of a man killed in a shooting involving a North Myrtle Beach restaurant owner is again calling on authorities to re-examine the case.
“Since the moment Scott died, we were like, ‘Something’s not right,’” Jennifer Spivey Foley said regarding the death of her brother, Scott Spivey.
Spivey was killed in what police have described as a road rage incident in September 2023 along Camp Swamp Road in Horry County that involved Weldon Boyd.
Boyd, the owner of Buoys on the Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach, was never charged in the investigation as the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office cited a lack of evidence.
Recently, however, the case was brought to light again after the resignation of ex-Horry County Deputy Chief Brandon Strickland. Strickland is currently under investigation for alleged misconduct during the case.
WMBF News recently obtained recorded phone calls through Foley’s attorney of Boyd and Strickland, who were personal friends, after the shooting.
The calls notably capture Strickland speaking candidly about the case with Boyd. The two conversations totaling nearly 20 minutes can be listened to in their entirety below.
Strickland: “I called my people, and the detective who met with you last night was Alan Jones, right?”
Boyd: “I think so, yeah.”
Strickland: “Yeah. Country guy. Good ‘ol– good ‘ol boy. Well, that’s who I sent out there, and I called the captain over in investigations and told him who you were, and my next call was to (Solicitor) Jimmy Richardson.”
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Strickland: “But I was up through it last night talking to– I was working– I was in the shadows last night. I weren’t there, but I was in the shadows.”
The decision to eventually close the investigation angered Spivey’s family, who have since filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Boyd and continued calling for a new investigation.
Horry County Councilman Johnny Gardner and Horry County Administrator Barry Spivey joined those calls last week and sent letters to the chief of the State Law Enforcement Division and Gov. Henry McMaster, asking to reopen the investigation.
“I thought that was a very brave move of them,” said Foley. “And my family’s thankful, because they’re doing something for a victim that no one else has done.”
With the potential for a breakthrough in the case on the horizon, Spivey’s family is now seeking another chance to sort out what really happened on the day he died.
“All my family has ever asked for was a fair and honest investigation,” said Foley. “All we want is for all the evidence to be reviewed, before a decision’s made.”
In a Facebook post on the Buoys on the Boulevard Facebook page on Sunday, Boyd maintained that the shooting was in self-defense and said he would welcome and cooperate with any further investigation. He also said he would no longer speak to the media about the case.
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