Alex Murdaugh, the descendant of a legal dynasty in South Carolina, whose wife and young son were shot dead in June, was shot on a country road while heading to Charleston on Saturday, his son said. lawyer and police.
Murdaugh, 53, was shot in Old Salkehatchie Road, Hampton County, a spokesman for SLED, a South Carolina law enforcement official, told The Post. His family told The Post that he is expected to survive.
Police sources told WCBD-TV in South Carolina that Murdaugh had been shot in the head, but SLED spokesman Tommy Crosby said he had no specific details about Murdaugh’s injuries. Other unconfirmed reports said he was shot in the leg.
Alex Murdaugh was on his way to Charleston when he had car problems and stopped, his attorney Jim Griffin told Island Packet magazine. Griffin told Packet Island that he had spoken with another member of the Murdaugh family about the incident.
Alex Murdaugh has been taken to a hospital, apparently in Savannah, Ga.
Hampton County sources familiar with the investigation told The Post that the route Murdaugh would take to Charleston was longer than most drivers going to Charleston would do. A family spokeswoman sent a text message to The Post in the following comment:
“The Murdaugh family has suffered more than any family could have imagined. We hope Alex recovers and asks for his privacy as he recovers.”
The spokeswoman declined to answer any questions about the incident.
Alex Murdaugh and his family were the subject of sensational headlines when his wife, Maggie, 52, was shot dead near kennels on the grounds of the family’s hunting lodge on June 7. -old son, Paul.
Alex found the bodies in the pavilion, called “Moselle,” around 10 p.m. The victims were shot several times, the coroner reported, with a semi-automatic assault rifle and a shotgun. He ordered the deaths a double homicide.
Two weeks after the murder, the Murdaugh family offered a $ 100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest for the double murder of the mother and son.