Prominent lawyer shot and hurt months after wife, son slain
ESTILL, S.C. – A lawyer from a prominent South Carolina legal family who found his wife and son shot to death at their home three months ago was shot in the head and wounded Saturday after he had car trouble on a lonely rural road, a family attorney said.
Alex Murdaugh was heading to Charleston when his car had stopped on Salkehatchie Road in Hampton County, his lawyer Jim Griffin told The State newspaper.
A truck passed Murdaugh on the road before turning around and then someone in the vehicle shot him, Griffin added. The lawyer said he received that information from Murdaugh’s brother, Randy.
Murdaugh was airlifted to the Medical University of South Carolina hospital in Charleston, said Griffin, who didn’t know how many times he was shot.
The State Law Enforcement Division, South Carolina’s top law enforcement agency, confirmed the shooting Saturday, but released no further details. Local deputies referred questions to the state police.