March 7 – The state of South Carolina carry's out the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad. This was the first execution by firing squad since 2010, when Ronnie Lee Gardner from Utah was executed by firing squad.[1][2]
April 26 – 11 people are injured in a shooting in Myrtle Beach. The suspected gunman is shot and killed by police.[5]
April 30 – Limestone University, located in Gaffney, announces it will close at the end of the semester after a $6 million funding drive failed.[6]
May 25 – 11 people are injured, ten by gunfire, in a shooting on a charter boat in Little River.[7]
June 11 – State Representative RJ May is charged with ten federal counts of child pornography. [8]
June 24 – 20 people are struck by lightning at a park on Lake Murray in Lexington, including 12 children. All of the injured sustain non-life-threatening injuries.[9]
August 11 – State Representative RJ May resigns from office amid federal child porn charges.[10]
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