More than six weeks after prominent Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh reported being shot in the head off a Hampton County road, South Carolina's Law Enforcement Division has released 911 calls made that day.Murdaugh initially told law enforcement that he was changing a tire on September 4 when someone drove past, stopped and shot him in the head.The incident took place just three months after Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife and son on the family's property in Colleton County.TIMELINE: The Murdaugh MurdersExactly 10 days after the roadside incident, Curtis Edward Smith, 61, was arrested in connection with the shooting after Murdaugh confessed to police that it was all a part of an assisted suicide plot.Murdaugh says he wanted his surviving son Buster to collect on a $10 million life insurance policy.On Friday, SLED released three 911 calls placed that day related to the incident: one by a passerby and two made by Murdaugh himself.In the phone call from by a passerby, the caller says she saw a man on the side of the road, covered in blood and waving his hands.Below video: Passerby calls 911, sees Murdaugh bleeding by the side of the roadDispatch: Hampton County 911. Where is your emergency?Caller: We’re on Salkehatchie Road and there is a man on the side of the road with blood all over him waving his hands.Dispatch: He’s just laying there waving his hands?Caller: He looks fine but it kinda looks like a setup so we didn’t stop.Dispatch: Oh I don’t blame you.Murdaugh himself also calls 911 for assistance, during which the dispatcher tries to clarify whether he had been shot at all.Below video: Alex Murdaugh calls 911 after attempted suicide shootingExcerpts from the call:Dispatch: Ok. What’s going on?Murdaugh: I got a flat tire. I stopped and somebody stopped to help me. And when I turned my back they tried to shoot me.Dispatch: Oh OK. Were you shot?Murdaugh: Yes, but I mean, I’m OK.Dispatch: You were shot where? Where were you shot at?Murdaugh: Huh?Dispatch: Did they try to shoot you or did they shoot you?Murdaugh: They shot me.Dispatch: OK. You need EMS?Murdaugh: Uh, well. I mean yes. I can’t drive.Dispatch: OK.Murdaugh: I have trouble seeing and I’m bleeding a lot.When asked to give a suspect description, Murdaugh says the shooter was younger than him, with very short hair.Murdaugh is currently being held without bond in Richland County, South Carolina on charges pertaining to stealing money from the wrongful death settlement involving the longtime family housekeeper Gloria Satterfield.He awaits a psychiatric evaluation.To date, there have been no arrests in the killing of his wife and son.Below video: SLED releases 2nd Alex Murdaugh 911 call after attempted suicide
More than six weeks after prominent Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh reported being shot in the head off a Hampton County road, South Carolina's Law Enforcement Division has released 911 calls made that day.
Murdaugh initially told law enforcement that he was changing a tire on September 4 when someone drove past, stopped and shot him in the head.
The incident took place just three months after Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife and son on the family's property in Colleton County.
TIMELINE: The Murdaugh Murders
Exactly 10 days after the roadside incident, Curtis Edward Smith, 61, was arrested in connection with the shooting after Murdaugh confessed to police that it was all a part of an assisted suicide plot.
Murdaugh says he wanted his surviving son Buster to collect on a $10 million life insurance policy.
On Friday, SLED released three 911 calls placed that day related to the incident: one by a passerby and two made by Murdaugh himself.
In the phone call from by a passerby, the caller says she saw a man on the side of the road, covered in blood and waving his hands.
Below video: Passerby calls 911, sees Murdaugh bleeding by the side of the road
Dispatch: Hampton County 911. Where is your emergency?
Caller: We’re on Salkehatchie Road and there is a man on the side of the road with blood all over him waving his hands.
Dispatch: He’s just laying there waving his hands?
Caller: He looks fine but it kinda looks like a setup so we didn’t stop.
Dispatch: Oh I don’t blame you.
Murdaugh himself also calls 911 for assistance, during which the dispatcher tries to clarify whether he had been shot at all.
Below video: Alex Murdaugh calls 911 after attempted suicide shooting
Excerpts from the call:
Dispatch: Ok. What’s going on?
Murdaugh: I got a flat tire. I stopped and somebody stopped to help me. And when I turned my back they tried to shoot me.
Dispatch: Oh OK. Were you shot?
Murdaugh: Yes, but I mean, I’m OK.
Dispatch: You were shot where? Where were you shot at?
Murdaugh: Huh?
Dispatch: Did they try to shoot you or did they shoot you?
Murdaugh: They shot me.
Dispatch: OK. You need EMS?
Murdaugh: Uh, well. I mean yes. I can’t drive.
Dispatch: OK.
Murdaugh: I have trouble seeing and I’m bleeding a lot.
When asked to give a suspect description, Murdaugh says the shooter was younger than him, with very short hair.
Murdaugh is currently being held without bond in Richland County, South Carolina on charges pertaining to stealing money from the wrongful death settlement involving the longtime family housekeeper Gloria Satterfield.
He awaits a psychiatric evaluation.
To date, there have been no arrests in the killing of his wife and son.
Below video: SLED releases 2nd Alex Murdaugh 911 call after attempted suicide
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