MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. May 2 2024 In less than four years, there have been several deadly bar shootings in Horry County, yet there aren’t any state laws in place regulating security in bars and nightclubs. WMBF News started looking into bar and nightclub security after the trial surrounding the deadly shooting at Donny’s Saloon in Myrtle […]
West Point MS March 5 2024 A mass shooting at a club in West Point, Mississippi, Sunday left one woman dead and as many as 12 other people injured, Mississippi law enforcement officials said. The shooting happened early Sunday inside Club Oasis, Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott told CNN. When deputies arrived, they found a […]
New York City NY February 20, 2024 A Williamsburg bouncer who was stabbed to death while at work last week was trying to aid a female colleague when he was murdered, authorities said. It seemed like just another shift for 61-year-old Laurence Hopkins on Feb. 10. He was working a security gig, sitting on a […]
OMAHA, Neb. FEBRUARY 8, 2024— Officials have identified the two Omaha police officers, working an off-duty security job who shot and killed two men last weekend in Nebraska’s largest city, but they haven’t released additional details about the shooting ahead of a planned news conference later this week. Police have said they found a gun […]
Springfield MO January 25, 2025 A man working as a security guard at a private Springfield party who allegedly fired his gun and injured several people faces federal gun charges. Republic resident Timothy Johnell Smith, 37, was charged Tuesday by a federal grand jury with being a felon in possession of a firearm at the […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. January 22, 2024 A shooting that led to the death of one person at a lounge in Tuscaloosa early Sunday morning has also resulted in the arrest of a security guard. Tuscaloosa police said Rashid Little, 28, was shot around 1 a.m. at the CRU Lounge in the 6500 block of Highway 69 […]
Nashville TN January 3rd, 2023 A 21-year-old Fort Campbell Soldier has been arrested after a disturbance with a security officer at a local nightclub. Metro police said that Christopher Jackson had a scuffle with a security guard, Travis McMullen, at Jason Aldean’s Kitchen and Rooftop Bar in the early hours of January 1st. Officers observed […]
PORT HURON, Mich. Nov 5 2023 Joshua Conant, a Port Huron man, lost his life early Saturday morning. His friend says an altercation that spilled out from Roche bar is what led to his death. “He was a great guy, he didn’t deserve what happened to him,” said David Hart, one of Conant’s best friends. Hart […]
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. November 3 2023– A heated argument between a group and a strip club security guard has left one woman fatally shot in northwest Miami-Dade early Friday morning. Police investigators said that during the argument, she fired at a security guard from the back seat of a car. The group she was with […]
Philadelphia PA October 8 2023 A dispute at a bar in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia ended with gunfire. It happened around 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Police say a security guard shot a 30-year-old man at the LB’s Lounge on the 5400 block of North 5th Street. According to investigators, it happened after the guard asked […]