Video of panicked people fleeing Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach goes viral. What happened?

A 26-second video showing panicked people running down Ocean Boulevard near the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk over the weekend has been viewed more than 730,000 times. But we don’t know what people were running from.

The clip was taken from a MyrtleBeachStrip live stream. The account’s owner, @TheeiPhoneGuru, told The Sun News they were live on TikTok from around 8:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. on April 6 and captured people fleeing on the sidewalk around 11 p.m.

When asked about the TikTok video Tuesday, Myrtle Beach Police Capt. Bryan Murphy said he had neither seen nor heard of the video. The Sun News requested more information about what happened that night, such as what the officers working that night knew or what the security cameras showed, but no response was forthcoming. time of publication.

The owner of the video said officers at the scene said there was a fight near the SkyWheel and that was why people were running. People speculated in the comments of the video whether shots were fired, but another comment indicated that the shots were not heard.

In the video, Ocean Boulevard appeared crowded and people could be heard screaming. Some people could be seen grabbing their children while running.

Safety is a concern along Ocean Boulevard, with two high-profile shooting incidents in the past four years. Last April, a North Carolina man fired a gun at someone else’s car near the SkyWheel, The Sun News reported. In May 2020, two rival gangs shot at each other across the street on Ocean Boulevard.

The shooting near the SkyWheel also went viral on TikTok.

The Myrtle Beach police daily bulletin reported no fights in the area where the video was taken.

There are more than 1,100 security cameras located in the city of Myrtle Beach, according to a report from The Sun News. Murphy said he did not watch the security footage.

Myrtle Beach police also increase their presence along Ocean Boulevard on Friday and Saturday evenings. The video was taken on Saturday.