Prominent lawyer shot and hurt months after wife, son slain

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer from a salient South Carolina ineligible household who recovered his woman and lad changeable to decease astatine their location 3 months agone and was injured erstwhile a slug grazed his caput arsenic helium changed a tyre implicit the play says helium is going to rehab.

Alex Murdaugh's connection Monday besides said helium "made a batch of decisions that I genuinely regret" but did not spell into details.

State constabulary said Alex Murdaugh was capable to telephone 911 aft helium was wounded Saturday day successful Hampton County.

According to The State newspaper, Murdaugh's lawyer Jim Griffin said his lawsuit was driving to Charleston erstwhile helium stopped connected Salkehatchie Road.

The paper reported that Murdaugh was passed by a motortruck earlier it turned astir and past idiosyncratic successful the conveyance changeable him.

Alex's shooting comes 2 months aft his 52-year-old woman Maggie and 22-year-old lad Paul were killed connected June 7.

According to the Associated Press, Maggie and Paul were recovered extracurricular the location adjacent canine kennels aft being changeable respective times.

No arrests person been made.

At the clip of his death, Paul was awaiting proceedings for a 2019 fatal boating mishap successful which a 19-year-old pistillate died, the AP reported.