HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- The state has filed a motion to prosecute a 16-year-old boy recently jailed in connection with a Little River party-boat mass shooting as an adult, the 15th Circuit Solicitor's Office said Friday.

The boy was arrested Tuesday in connection with the May 25 shooting that injured 11. Police said he will be charged with eight counts of attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

The solicitor's office has reviewed the case and determined it would be best handled in the Court of General Sessions. The motion was filed on Thursday. The boy was transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia and remains in custody.

"Our office is and will continue to be committed to handling gun violence in the most serious manner possible, as

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