Fifteen-year-old Serenity Chavis was among the 11 people hurt in the April 26 incident in which Jerrius Davis, 18, of Bennettsville, was killed after authorities said he opened fire in a crowd of ...

Serenity Chavis sits in a wheelchair next to her mother, Kendra Malloy, and lawyer John C. Barnett outside the Myrtle Beach police station on Oak Street. May 7, 2025 A 15-year-old said that she ...

Barnett’s clients include 15-year-old Serenity Chavis and 13-year-old Zavian Washington, who were among the 11 people injured in the April 26 shooting that left a Bennettsville teenager dead.

When Chavis shoved the pastor, attendees tried to step in, including Banks. That is when Chavis pulled out a gun and killed the 30-year-old pallbearer. A second person was also grazed by a bullet.

An officer shot and killed Davis. Eleven people were injured during the shooting, including 15-year-old Serenity Chavis, who claims she was hit by an officer’s bullet.

Serenity Chavis, a 15-year-old from North Carolina and one of the people injured, said a Myrtle Beach Police officer shot her in the leg, The Sun News reported.

Chavis, 48, of Hughesville, Maryland, was charged with first and second-degree murder, attempted first and second-degree murder, and related charges, Prince George’s County police said.

Serenity Chavis said during a press conference Wednesday outside the Myrtle Beach Police station on Oak Street that one of the officers who responded to the incident shot her in the leg the night of ...