Second arrest follows Myrtle Beach shooting death

Myrtle Beach Police officers on Sunday arrested a second suspect in connection with Thursday's shooting death of a 21-year-old man.

Michael Quantrell Barr, 20, is charged with accessory after the fact to a felony. He was arrested at 1:25 a.m. Sunday on Mustang Street in Myrtle Beach, police records show.

According to a warrant, Barr gave police a false statement about Kendrix Corbitt's whereabouts when 21-year-old Damian Pickett was shot and killed. Barr also said Corbitt later asked him to hide a gun, the warrant indicates.

Bail was set at $10,000 for Barr during a Sunday morning hearing in Myrtle Beach Municipal Court.

Corbitt, 18, is charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent act in connection with Thursday night's shooting.

A judge set bail at $10,000 on the gun possession charge Sunday. Bail on the murder charge will be set at a later date by a judge in Horry County circuit court.

Barr and Corbitt were taken to J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Conway on Sunday morning, officials said.

Barr was sentenced to one year in jail last summer after pleading guilty to a charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, according to Horry County records. The judge in the case sentenced Barr to 110 days in jail and he was released Aug. 12.

The fatal shooting was reported about 11 p.m. Thursday on Futrell Drive. Officers found Pickett's body shortly after midnight.

Pickett was shot "at least once," Horry County Deputy Coroner Darris Fowler said Friday. He would not say where Pickett was shot and did not provide any other details.

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