Horry County pushes to be at center of new power after census

Local political leaders on Tuesday cheered the addition of a congressional seat to South Carolina and called for Horry County to be at the center of one of the newly drawn districts.

The U.S. Census released the first data from the 2010 Census on Tuesday, which showed population shifts to the southern and western parts of the United States and gave South Carolina an additional congressional seat.

South Carolina has had six congressional districts since the 1930s, when it lost its seventh district following the 1930 Census.

"I'm thrilled that South Carolina has expanded its delegation from six to seven. That makes South Carolina a big winner today," said State Rep. Alan Clemmons R- Myrtle Beach.

Clemmons is the chairman of the S.C. House of Representatives election laws subcommittee which will have a key role in helping to draw the new boundaries of South Carolina's districts. Many analysts and officials, including Bobby Bowers, director of the S.C. Office of Research and Statistics, which helped organized this year's count of state residents, said that the new district is likely going to include part of the coast, which is one of the fastest growing areas in the state.

"Every district will change dramatically because of the addition of the seventh district," Clemmons said. "You will see me advocating for Horry County to be the center or the heartbeat of its own congressional district, whether it's the new district or not."

Area Democratic and Republican party leaders say the additional congressional seat centered in Horry County would help bring attention to local interests and more money to the county.

The decision on district boundaries is still quite a ways off because the state legislature must wait until the Census Bureau releases specific data about population changes within the state by April. Before that data is available, the election laws subcommittee will hold hearings to get input from groups about how the new districts should be drawn, Clemmons said.

The state legislature will use input from the hearings and the Census data to draw maps, which will have to get approved by the S.C. House, S.C. Senate and the governor. The justice department or the federal courts then have to give final approval to the redistricting plans before they are official.

Clemmons said that Horry County has the largest population of any of its surrounding counties so it should naturally be the center of a district and have a significant voice in Congress.

Shirley Vaught Oliver, the chairwoman of Horry County Democrats said the additional congressional seat should be good for the county.

"I think with the growth that Horry County has seen I think we stand a pretty good chance of that new seat being located in all of Horry County and parts of other counties," she said.

The new representative will focus on the needs of the area, Oliver said.

"It gives us a little additional voice, whether that's Republican or Democrat, that's really important," she said.

Robert Rabon, the chairman of the Horry County Republican Party said that a new congressional representative is important financially for the state.

"Each congressman is fighting for money. It is often allocated by district. It's one more person at the table, one more voice," he said.

A new district centered in Horry County would mean a high likelihood that a local politician would be headed to Washington D.C. to represent the area's interests, Rabon said.

"I think it would be huge," he said, adding that it is another representative at the table to advocate for and bring money home to the county.

Rabon said that while the retiring Rep. Henry Brown, R-South Carolina has served the county well and his successor, Tim Scott, will as well, a local in the seat would give more attention to Horry County issues.

"It's not that they have been neglectful but just the general sense they're more familiar with the area and the landscape and the needs and they're closer to the people [from the Charleston area]," Rabon said.

Local candidates like Clark Parker, of Conway, who ran in the crowded primary for the Republican nomination for the 1st Congressional District, would have a better chance of being elected and would know the area better, he said.

Parker didn't win the primary but did bring in more votes in Horry County of any of the candidates. Parker said that there would be a lot of interest from Horry County candidates, including him, in running for a congressional seat in a district centered here.

He said Horry County needs the opportunity to be represented and be the center of a new district.

"I think it's long overdue," Parker said. "We've been able to prosper, grow and develop [but] I think we would have achieved a lot of things quicker if we had more representation."

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Woods leads Chevron after opening 65

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Certainly, it wasn’t like the salad days of majors and walkovers that ushered in this century, but in a small way it felt like the good old days.

Though there was plenty of golf still on the course, fans were seen headed for the gates because Tiger Woods was done for the day. To them, the show was over.

OK, first disclaimer: “Plenty of golf still on the course” means just six players were still touring the last few holes at Sherwood Country Club, but hey, that’s a third of the field here at the Chevron World Challenge.

Oh, and a second disclaimer: We recognize that it’s a silly-seson event, meaningless perhaps for 17 of the 18 who are assembled here, but not for Woods. To him, this tournament carries great significance – not just because for the first time he’s able to play for his Chevron sponsors and not just because the charitable funds benefit his Tiger Woods Foundation. No, the importance of his first-round 65 that provided a one-stroke lead over that likeable entry from Northern Ireland, Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy, rests within the mind.

“A tournament like this at the very end of the year, if you play well, it does give you a shot of confidence,” Woods said after a performance that incuded 16 greens and birdies on each of the five par 5s.

Now there was a time when Woods overflowed with confidence – like Gates with cash or Trump with ego. Then came . . . well, Thanksgiving 2009 and a year’s worth of fallout that touched all parts of his life. While he worked hard to keep much of the wounds private, there was nothing he could do about the golf. It was out front for public consumption and in so many ways it wasn’t pretty.

The fact that he went winless for the first time in a PGA Tour season? Yes, it bothers him, but what truly stung is the way in which his golf ball went so off line at so many times. When finally in August he made the leap to trust his swing to Sean Foley, he insists he embraced a key component to the transition.

“I was putting togther streaks of holes earlier,” he said. “Two, three, four, five – and then I’d lose it for a little bit. Eventually I needed to get to a full round and then eventually a full tournament and today was a full round. So that’s a good start.”

And a rare one, too, because in this upside-down season, Woods played 14 tournaments and 53 rounds (and that includes the Australian Masters) and had the lead at the end of the day just once.

Repeat, once.

Not exactly positive stuff from the greatest front-runner in the history of golf, but now that he’s gone into the lead for a second time in 2010, he’s excited to see what happens.

“Most of the year, if I did get something going, I’d make some kind of mistake,” Woods said, and that was the case back in August when after opening with a 7 under 65 to lead the Barclays and pushing to 8 under on his first nine in Round 2, he bogeyed four times coming home then made a triple-bogey to start his third round.

Another tournament was kissed goodbye.

Now even if that scenario were to repeat itself here, Woods insists he’s happy with the progress he’s making with Foley. No, things aren’t perfect. “It’s not totally natural yet,” he said of the swing, but he’s committed to their collaboration.

For all of those reasons, Woods appeared to be having the most fun on the first day of an event that might appear casual – at least until you look at the purse. It’s a very serious sum, $5 million, and while Woods has the inside track on the top prize of $1.2 million, Anthony Kim seemed intent on taking the last-place $140,000 crumbs.

Going through the motions to the tune of 79, Kim made just one birdie and seemed no closer to finding an answer to his puzzling game. Ranked 19th in the world when invitations to the Chevron World Challenge were mailed out Sept. 20, Kim is still at 26, though playing like No. 260.

No worries, perhaps, since it’s a festival of fun, a rich party to celebrate a season well played, and that explains why so many had smiles. None as wide as Woods, of course, although Nick Watney came close.

“I wasn’t in this tournament on Saturday,” he said, “so I’m thrilled to be here and to have shot even par.”

Only a few weeks ago, Watney got married and honeymooned on the other side of the world. First in Shanghai where he played four rounds in the HSBC Champions, then in Bora Bora with his wife, Amber.

“I’m not so sure she liked getting on the plane for a 12-hour ride to China,” Watney said. But, yes, Bora Bora made up for that.

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Extensive travel also was required by McDowell, McIlroy, Luke Donald, and Ian Poulter just to get here, the four of them having played last week at the European Tour finale in Dubai. They are globe-trotters, each of them, but proving he’s getting wiser by the day, 21-year-old McIlroy made the trip even more worthwhile by mixing business with pleasure – he stopped by a nearby Oakley office to sample the products he’s entitled to thanks to a new business partnership.

“A two-year deal,” McIlroy said.

Presuming that it meant 2011 and 2012, curious reporters suggested McIlroy was jumping in a bit early, wearing Oakley sunglasses and the company logo on his shirt and pants. He smiled and conceded that it might be construed a two-year-and-one-month deal, but he had to break them in.

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Storylines being thin this time of year, McIlroy and Oakley qualified as news, and so, too, did a caddie shuffle of sorts. Sean O’Hair has split with veteran bagman Paul Tesori, though Tesori is here this week working for Camilo Villegas. That’s because Villegas’ caddie, Brett Waldman, is at the final stage of Q School. As for O’Hair, he has teamed with Brennan Little, Mike Weir’s longtime caddie, but it makes sense because the Canadian is on the sidelines nursing an elbow injury.

Going forward into 2011, O’Hair said he wasn’t sure what he’d do. Being friends with Weir, “I would never get in the way,” O’Hair said, and a serious option is his father-in-law, Steve Lucas, who caddied for him for years.

“We’ve talked about it,” O’Hair said.

There will, of course, be more time to talk, because what sits on the horizon is the off-season. Then again, “off-season” is a matter of perspective, because while a good many players will start next season in less than a month, whether it be Jan. 5 in Maui or Jan. 12 in Honolulu, Woods figures to have seven weeks off, assuming he’ll start the next season at Torrey Pines Jan. 27.

To help ease his winter hibernation, Woods would love to store up the confidence, and a 65 surely has him pointed in the right direction.

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Karlsson wins Dubai after bizarre Poulter gaffe

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Ian Poulter after losing a playoff to Robert Karlsson in the Dubai World Championship.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – It’s hard to think of a worse finish to the best European season ever.

Ian Poulter is the latest in a long line of players to run afoul of the stringent Rules of Golf. After pushing himself to the limit for four days and two extra holes, Poulter’s hard work counted for nothing because of a mere slip of the hand.

Involved in a dramatic playoff with Sweden’s Robert Karlsson for the $7.5 million Dubai World Championship, Poulter accidentally dropped his ball on the 18th green and violated a rule many outside, and inside, the game will find simply outrageous.

With a putt to tie Karlsson on the second hole of sudden death after the pair finished at 14 under par, Poulter dropped his ball on his ball marker from a height of no more than a few inches. The marker flipped over and tossed Poulter out of the tournament.

The marker barely had moved from its original position, but the damage had been done.

Aware that he might have infringed a rule, he called to European Tour referee Andy McFee. McFee confirmed Poulter’s worst nightmare. Even though the Englishman was not seeking any advantage, the movement of the marker meant the Englishman incurred a one-stroke penalty under Rule 20-1/15.

One bizarre slip of the hand suddenly turned what had been a 30-foot birdie putt turned into a par putt. And it was the end of the tournament with Karlsson only 3 feet away.

The Swede calmly rolled in his birdie putt to claim the first-place prize of 910,348 euros. Poulter had to settle for second place and 606,896 euros.

“Literally the ball slipped from two or three inches above the coin,” Poulter said. “It’s pitched right on the front of the coin and the coin flipped over. One-shot penalty.

“It cost me a couple of World Ranking points, a couple of dollars. No, probably wasn’t the best of timing.”

Poulter called the referee over as soon as the incident happened, even though no one else had seen it. That’s little consolation to a man who thrives on winning golf tournaments, and who was chasing his second win in a row.

Karlsson is one of the classiest players on the European circuit, and that much was obvious from his reaction to the tournament’s bizarre end.

“It’s not the way you want to win a tournament,” Karlsson conceded. “The rules are there for a reason, but obviously some of them look very, very harsh at some stages.

“That’s the purity of the game, that we have very harsh rules and we actually follow them, compared to some other sports. That’s the beauty of the game in one way. But obviously it’s not great when these sort of things happen, especially not under these circumstances.”

Karlsson earned his second win of the season following a victory in Qatar earlier this season. However, his season was spoiled by a bout of glandular fever midway through the year, an ailment that probably cost him a Ryder Cup spot.

“I’m very happy with this week, and the year in whole actually, winning two times, and a second in Memphis in America; I lost to Lee (Westwood) in a playoff,” Karlsson said. “So it has not been bad, even though people maybe were expecting more. But if I win twice in a year, it’s a pretty good year.”

Of course, the Karlsson-Poulter battle was one of two subplots in the desert. The other concerned the crowning of the European No. 1.

Germany’s Martin Kaymer won that particular battle. The reigning PGA champion outlasted Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell over the four days to become the new king of Europe.

McDowell had to finish third or better to have a chance. He placed 13th, leaving the German with a fairly easy ride to the European title.

Kaymer becomes the first German since Bernhard Langer in 1984 to win the European money title. After a year in which he has realized all his goals – making the Ryder Cup team, winning a major and becoming European No. 1 – the only way is up for King Kaymer.

“I would like to prove that I’m Europe’s No. 1, take that challenge on again, to win The Race to Dubai,” Kaymer said. “It would be nice to win a major again, preferably the British Open, our only major that we have in Europe.”

So Europe crowns a new No. 1 in its best season ever, but once again the game is sullied by the silliness of the Rules of Golf.

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Police seeking Little River man after fatal shooting

Horry County police are looking for a 24-year-old Little River man after a weekend fatal shooting in Longs, according to a news release from Sgt. Robert Kegler.

William Dearck Landy Jr. is about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs about 170 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.

Detectives believe he is operating a black 2004 Chevrolet Impala SS with a state tag of GQI 249.

Landy is considered armed and dangerous, Kegler said.

Horry County police say an arrest warrant has been issued charging Landy with murder. Police responded about 7 p.m. Sunday to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center after a man with a gunshot wound to the upper body sought help, Kegler said.

The victim was brought to the hospital after being shot on Pint Circle in the Longs section of Horry County, according to Kegler.

Lakeem Omar Bellamy, 18, of Chestnut Run Road, died at 1:15 a.m. Monday, Horry County Coroner Robert Edge, Jr. said.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on the location of Landy to contact them at 915-5350 or 248-1520, or 915-TIPS (8477) if one wishes to remain anonymous.

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Bullying doesn't end after the last bell

"A child was so upset that he went to his mother, and she came to me," said Davis, whose daughter and grandson have lived with her since he was born. "I was devastated."

This year, Davis' grandson has faced more bullying on his bus ride to middle school, and Davis said that despite all the recent attention about bullying - October was National Bullying Prevention Month - "unfortunately, it is still alive and kicking." According to STOMP Out Bullying, a national anti-bullying program of nonprofit Love Our Children USA, one of four teens is bullied and a child is bullied on a playground every seven minutes.

With a spate of teen suicides linked to bullying in the national news and a recent school shooting locally, bullying and its effects have the attention not just of school officials, but of parents and of students seeking to make a difference.

With more awareness of the problem inside school buildings, spots outside of class - such as on the bus - present bullying opportunities. Computers and cell phones become portals - STOMP Out Bullying says 97 percent of middle schoolers are bullied while online - and students don't always want to talk about it, whether out of embarrassment or fear of retribution.

In Horry County, bullying came front and center after a shooting incident at Socastee High School in September. Police say a student fired at the school resource officer. Two pipe bombs also were found in the student's backpack, and according to the teen's attorney, his behavior stems from being bullied. The teen will have a detention hearing in Family Court on Friday.

Bus-bound bullying

Davis has been working with the school administration on her grandson's behalf, but she said she spoke up because she is concerned about bullying in and out of the classroom. Her grandson was reticent to report what was happening, and Davis is concerned about the impact of such incidents on children.

"Right now, kids on that bus are experiencing damage that could last a lifetime," said Davis of taunting and name-calling that her grandson and other students have experienced this year. "Have parents not talked to their kids about bullying others? ... I don't want any child to be damaged."

In the first incident, the mother told Davis that the bus driver promised to report the bullying, but when Davis contacted the school, no one had been made aware of the situation.

"Last year, [the bullying] was physical," Davis said. "There were three of them who would gang up on him. ... I think it's because he's quiet, and we just don't do violence in our house. He won't come back at them.

"The vice principal told me that because of the crackdown at the school, [the bus is] where they feel they can do it freely," she said.

This year, her grandson moved up to Ocean Bay Middle School and, when she inquired about the bus ride, he told Davis that two older students were verbally abusive to him and using extremely foul language.

"My grandson won't even tell me the words that they use, but I don't know if he's telling me the whole story," Davis said. "He is so afraid of this; he won't tell what's going on."

Davis said she had been on alert once school started and had noticed on several occasions that her grandson would come in after school, say he had a really bad day and go to his room. She wanted to put an early stop to the problem and called school officials.

Teal Britton, spokeswoman for Horry County Schools, said calling the school was an appropriate action and that parents should be persistent in bringing problems to light. She said the bus driver can be addressed directly and that each attendance area also has a bus supervisor, whom parents can find in the parent/student handbook.

"If we know and if we are aware [of a bullying problem], we are ethically bound to react," Britton said.

Britton said that school bus drivers have a tremendous amount of responsibility in operating large vehicles filled with students in hectic traffic areas and also having to be aware of what's happening in all directions, despite inherent distractions.

But the drivers also work with minimal contracts, a small amount of authority, prohibitive schedules and no paid days provided for specific training in areas other than getting their license, she said.

Britton said there are video cameras on the buses, but there is no audio to record what is said.

Bus drivers have the authority to reprimand students on the bus for disruptions, and some use systems such as assigned seating to keep order, but if a problem persists, the driver must make a formal report.

"As far as discipline, that is handed down from the base school," Britton said, which typically includes days off the bus, and parents are notified. "It is the administration's responsibility to investigate."

She said some assistant principals have ridden on routes to observe and that other students could be interviewed, but as with any situation, there has to be some verification before they can act.

"Bus transportation is a privilege," Britton said. "If students cannot manage their behavior, then they are forfeiting that privilege."

Davis said that with the elementary school incident, the boys in question were brought together with her grandson to talk. They were allowed to ride the bus home that day but were expelled from the bus for the few days left in the school year, which Davis didn't feel was adequate.

With the most recent incident, Davis' call prompted a principal to talk with her grandson and get names, while promising to reprimand the students without using his name. Davis said the reassurance didn't calm her grandson, and she even received a call from his teacher that day because the boy was so distracted in class.

Neither boy was expelled. Two days later, one was on his best behavior on the bus, while the other chose to pick on someone else, Davis said. Davis said a new bus driver also was on duty, and the driver pulled the bus over to settle the matter.

"So maybe we're getting somewhere," she said.

Britton said that if a problem on a bus escalates, there could be other consequences for an unruly student, because the bus ride is still part of their school day.

Students speak out

Some students are speaking out to raise awareness and encourage their peers not to tolerate those who abuse others.

Patrick Kohlmann, a sophomore at St. James High School, is a teen ambassador for the Stomp Out Bullying program, and in October, he spearheaded Blue Shirt Day at St. James to get out the anti-bullying message.

"I wanted everyone to know that bullying isn't right," said Kohlmann, who said then that he had experienced bullying. "I don't want anyone to go through what I went through."

Kaitlon Camper, a senior at North Myrtle Beach High School, took action by organizing A Ride to Save Lives, a ride for motorcycles and cars to benefit suicide awareness programs and bullying prevention in schools. The event, part of Camper's senior project, was held Nov. 6 and raised just over $2,000, more than their goal, she said.

Camper said the money will go to Mental Health America of South Carolina and that she hopes the ride will become a yearly event. She said her focus for the run came after two of her friends attempted suicide in separate incidents after being bullied because they were gay.

"[Students] would talk about them behind their back and in front of them," Camper said.

She said that while some of their friends would stand up for them, others just watched, probably from fear of retribution.

Britton said more work must be done to lessen the intimidation factor for students so they will feel comfortable doing the right thing.

"We have to help instill civic responsibility in kids to stand up for themselves and others," Britton said. "Silence gives authority. Students are the most powerful deterrent to negative behavior."

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Wie WDs after first round in Guadalajara

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Michelle Wie during the first round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Michelle Wie’s first attempt at a title defense was short lived. Wie shot 78 at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Nov. 11 but withdrew after the round citing little cysts near her spine and a bulging disc. Wie said she’s going to see the doctor on Friday.?

“It’s nothing major,” said Wie, “but it’s just something I can’t play with right now.”

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Myrtle Beach's Everett Golson entering college after this semester, according to coach

MYRTLE BEACH Everett Golson, one of the most accomplished athletes in Myrtle Beach High School history, is leaving the school after the fall semester, according to Seahawks football coach Mickey Wilson.

Wilson said Golson will complete the requirements for graduation this semester and will forego the final semester of his senior year, instead choosing to become an early college enrollee in January.

Wilson said Golson didn’t want to discuss the decision with the media until after he plays Friday night’s first round Class AAA playoff football game against Brookland-Cayce at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium.

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The NCAA-approved early college enrollment program will allow Golson to participate in spring practices and get a jump on his college academics without affecting his remaining four years of academic eligibility.

Where Golson will enroll in January has yet to be concretely determined. He verbally committed to North Carolina in February but has yet to sign a letter of intent, and the Tar Heels football program is the subject of an NCAA investigation into possible impermissible player involvement with agents and possible academic misconduct.

Thirteen players missed the team’s season-opener on Sept. 4 against LSU because of the investigation, nine are still ineligible, and coach Butch Davis appears to be on the hot seat.

“He’s still firmly committed to North Carolina but we are looking at other options now just because of the investigation at North Carolina,” Wilson said. “We want to make sure everything is good to go there. So we feel we need to explore some other options and make sure we’re headed in the right direction.”

According to Notre Dame fan website BlueandGold.com, Golson is also considering Notre Dame, Clemson and Tennessee, and has a visit to the Irish’s South Bend, Ind., campus scheduled on Nov. 13.

“The next month we’ll definitely come to a firm decision where we’re going, but right now it’s North Carolina,” Wilson said. Golson, a football quarterback and basketball point guard, was planning to play both sports at UNC.

Wilson said the basketball team’s ban from the postseason and invitational tournaments, including the Beach Ball Classic, because of illegal offseason practices did not factor into Golson’s decision to leave the school.

“He had already made up his mind he was going to leave,” Wilson said.

Last basketball season, Golson averaged 19.6 points, 5 assists and 4.7 rebounds and was named to the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association all-state team, and as a freshman starting point guard he helped the Seahawks win the 2007-08 Class AAA state championship.

Golson will play in a football game Friday for the first time since he suffered hand and foot injuries during the first half of the Seahawks’ only loss this season to nationally ranked Byrnes.

The injuries caused him to miss eight games and kept Golson from chasing some national high school quarterback records. Golson has started since his freshman year and entered the 2010 season with 659 completions in 1,056 attempts, 9,864 yards passing, 126 touchdown passes and 24 interceptions.

He was just seven TD passes from Tim Couch at No. 10 all-time nationally and 59 from Chris Leak’s national record of 185, and he was headed into the top-10 all-time in completions and passing yards, as well.

At the time of his injury, Golson was 28 of 43 for 429 yards and four touchdowns on the season.

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Police seek public's help after fatal shooting in Myrtle Beach area

Horry County police are seeking information from the public about a weekend shooting that left one man dead, according to a news release from Sgt. Robert Kegler.

The body of Joseph Sourdiff, 48, was found at his home by his son, Shahin Darius Sourdiff, on Saturday morning.

Police said Joseph Sourdiff died from multiple gunshot wounds at his home on Teague Road, in the Harbour Towne community by the Intracoastal Waterway.

Kegler said Monday that police are still investigating whether the son is a suspect in his father's death.

Shahin Sourdiff was arrested Saturday, but not in connection with the shooting. He was charged with first-offense manufacturing marijuana, according to jail records.

The 20-year-old was taken to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Saturday and released Monday on a $30,000 bail, jail records show.

Horry County's Lt. Raul Denis said evidence at the scene showed the shooting took place at the home.

Police, who responded around noon Saturday to the home, believe Sourdiff was killed about 24 hours before his body was found, Kegler said.

Shahin Sourdiff told police he found his father dead when he arrived at the house about 11 a.m. Saturday. According to police records, the younger Sourdiff doesn't live at his dad's home.

Detectives are asking that anyone who lives or was in the area of Teague Road between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday and may have seen anything suspicious to contact police at 915-5350 or 915-TIPS.

Detectives also are hoping to identify the driver and/or occupants of a blue sport utility vehicle and a white box van with blue markings, both of which were seen driving down Teague Road during that time period.

Staff writer Lorena Anderson contributed to this report.

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Slain man's son jailed after Myrtle Beach shooting

The young man who found his father dead Saturday morning in Myrtle Beach was arrested, but not in connection with the shooting.

Shahin Darius Sourdiff, 20, was charged with trafficking marijuana, said Horry County Police Lt. Kevin Duke.

Though an autopsy was completed Sunday on the body of Joseph Sourdiff, 48, Horry County Deputy Coroner Darris Fowler said he had no preliminary results to release.

"I can tell you that he had at least one gunshot wound," Fowler said.

The elder Sourdiff was shot early Saturday morning at his home on Teague Road, off Harbour Towne Drive in Myrtle Beach, according to Horry County police.

Shahin Sourdiff found his father dead when he arrived at the house about 11 a.m. Saturday morning. According to police records, the younger Sourdiff does not share an address with his father.

Shahin Sourdiff was taken to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Saturday evening.

Duke said he did not anticipate any other information being released about the case until today.

Investigators said it appeared the elder Sourdiff died early Saturday.

Lt. Raul Denis said evidence showed the shooting took place at the home.

Fowler said it can take several weeks for toxicology results to come back after an autopsy, but the preliminary cause of death could be released before those tests are completed.

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Pilot with injury after the accident at 10 shot

by Jeffrey Javier – 24 October 2010 11 H 09
The Arizona Republic

A motorist on Highway 10 from Jack Rabbit Trail in Buckeye was found with a hand injury Sunday night shot.

Around 9: 15 a.m., Sheriff's Office deputies Maricopa County meet call involving two-stroke, said Jeff Sprong, a spokesman for the investigators .the Agency noticed one of the pilots had a wound by hand and many bullet holes in his car by a bullet.

Sprong stated that, when investigators him questions, he was "confused and could not tell us what happened."The victim was taken to the Hospital Medical Center and St. Joseph.

Sprong added that investigators are unsure if the driver was killed also prior to the accident car or the shooting happened at the time of the accident.

"The driver who killed could not say something... but we are working to collect all the", said Sprong.

More details about the other driver involved in the incident were not available, said Sprong.

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