HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- Authorities have charged a 36-year-old man with murder in last month's shooting death of a man in Murrells Inlet.

Swava Lameres McCrea allegedly used a handgun to shoot and kill Waltez Latham, 42, at a home on Waites Drive in Murrells Inlet and then left the scene, according to an Horry County police report and arrest warrants. The shooting took place at about 4 a.m. on July 22.

Latham was found on the ground in the backyard of the home by officers, the report said. He was pronounced dead at Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital.

Police initially said a second person suffered undisclosed injuries during the incident and went to the hospital in a private vehicle. Warrants indicate that police recovered the gun used in the shooting at the hospital, where McCre

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