Weldon Boyd under SC grand jury investigation for deadly shooting, court filing says
A North Myrtle Beach businessman and his friend are apparently under a state grand jury investigation regarding their actions in the shooting death of a North Carolina man three years ago. Weldon Boyd and Kenneth “Bradley” Williams filed a joint motion Thursday asking for a stay in a civil wrongful death suit filed by Jennifer Foley, the sister of Scott Spivey. The 33-year-old Tabor City man was shot and killed by Boyd and Williams after a road rage incident on Sept. 9, 2023, in Horry County. If granted, the motion would delay the civil action until it is determined whether criminal charges will be brought against either defendant, the filing said. The civil suit was expected to go to trial in December after a judge ruled earlier this year that the two men were not granted civil immunity under South Carolina’s Stand Your Ground law. Neither man has been charged criminally in the shooting after the state Attorney General’s Office declined to charge Boyd and Williams, citing South Carolina’s Protection of Persons and Property Act, commonly known as the Stand Your Ground law. The law allows people to use force, including deadly force, in certain situations without a duty to
