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LongBeachPoly
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 Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 1:59 pm Post subject: ‘Good Samaritan shoots and kills man’ moments after saving him from drowning in jet-ski accident |
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| Quote: | A GOOD Samaritan allegedly shot and killed a 29-year-old man moments after saving him and his girlfriend after the couple fell off their jet-ski.
A 74-year-old boater, who has not been identified, was out with his wife when he spotted Nathan Drew Morgan and his girlfriend in trouble in Lake Keowee, South Carolina, Tuesday.
Neither of them were wearing life jackets and their jet-ski was circling around them, officials said.
The elderly man pulled the couple onto his pontoon boat when Morgan allegedly became aggressive and started assaulting them.
Tenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor David Wagner announced Friday that his office will not be filing charges against the elderly man, citing the incident as “a clear self-defense case.”
After his rescue, Morgan had allegedly began arguing with the older man. His girlfriend had tried to push him back into the lake to diffuse the situation, according to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators believed that Morgan had wanted to get back on his jet-ski.
The couple on the pontoon helped Morgan back on the boat, but the older man says the 29-year-old remained belligerent. As a result, the elderly man shot him, telling authorities he feared for his and his wife’s lives.
Morgan died from a gunshot wound to the chest, said the Oconee County Coroner’s Office.
According to Sheriff Mike Crenshaw, Morgan may have been intoxicated. An autopsy report is still pending.
Investigators also believe that Morgon and his girlfriend might have gotten into an argument before falling into the water initially.
Morgan was a member of the Flat Shoals Baptist Church, according to his obituary, and enjoyed being out on the water and fishing.
He is survived by his 10-year-old son.
Friends who knew the man expressed their anger and confusion over the strange case.
“And…anyone who knew drew knows this is absolute BS. He wouldn’t hurt or attack anyone unless HE FELT THREATENED!” wrote Kelcie Bratton on Facebook.
She continued: “He would never harm anyone who would try to help him in a situation and I know this first hand.
“He was a big teddy bear inside but if you harmed anyone he loved or crossed a certain line and stepped at him first he would have finished it off. He's not here to defend himself and the ones involved seem like they are not telling the whole truth behind this.”
Another friend of Morgan, Kesslin Cole, shared Bratton’s frustration and called for more from Oconee authorities.
“This amazing man had a son who lost his best friend and Drew's parents will never see their son again... Many people throughout the community lost a very special friend, [and] this is all we get...you call this JUSTICE [?] This is far from that,” wrote Cole. |
| Quote: | Witness describes what happened before man was shot, killed on pontoon boat on Upstate lake
An Upstate man died after he was shot on a pontoon boat during a fight, according to the coroner and a witness.
Deputies were called Tuesday afternoon to Fall Creek Landing Number 2 on Lake Keowee, according to Master Deputy Jimmy Watt from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office.
Watt said there was a report of an incident involving a boat and a personal watercraft.
Coroner Karl Addis said Nathan Drew Morgan, 29, of Wahalla, died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
He said the shooting is being investigated as a homicide.
Watt said all parties involved in the incident have been located and are cooperating with the investigation.
Michael Davitt says he watched the scene unfold from his backyard.
“This is a pretty crazy incident, I’d say pretty much anywhere, especially for a Tuesday,” Davitt said.
He says he saw two people in the water near the personal watercraft. He says he then saw a couple pulling them up onto their boat and shortly after that, he says a fight broke out between the two men.
“This went on for 25, almost 30 minutes," Davitt said. "The boat just kept going. Fisticuffs. A lot of swearing going on. A lot of back and forth.”
Davitt says he started to call 911 when he then heard a gunshot.
“I was screaming with them like, ‘What’s going on? Do you guys need any help?’" he said. "While on the phone with 911.”
He says it was a scene he never imagined seeing out on the lake.
“I did not immediately think it was a gunshot," Davitt said. "It was kind of more of a shocking moment for me, witnessing this entire thing because I wasn’t really sure what it was.” |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | He was a big teddy bear inside but if you harmed anyone he loved or crossed a certain line and stepped at him first he would have finished it off. |
Yeah, sounds like a calm, peaceful teddy bear . . .
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Something like this was bound to happen schooner or later.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| C M B wrote: | | Something like this was bound to happen schooner or later. |
I don't get it. It must have sailed over my head. |
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| FernieBee wrote: | | C M B wrote: | | Something like this was bound to happen schooner or later. |
I don't get it. It must have sailed over my head. |
You guys are keeling me!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| LakerLanny wrote: | | FernieBee wrote: | | C M B wrote: | | Something like this was bound to happen schooner or later. |
I don't get it. It must have sailed over my head. |
You guys are keeling me! |
Canoe people just skip the crass jokes? Sorry to be stern, but damn.
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| non-player zealot wrote: | | LakerLanny wrote: | | FernieBee wrote: | | C M B wrote: | | Something like this was bound to happen schooner or later. |
I don't get it. It must have sailed over my head. |
You guys are keeling me! |
Canoe people just skip the crass jokes? Sorry to be stern, but damn. |
I don't know, man they are giving me a galleon of laughs, but I bow to your request.
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C M B
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | non-player zealot wrote: | | LakerLanny wrote: | | FernieBee wrote: | | C M B wrote: | | Something like this was bound to happen schooner or later. |
I don't get it. It must have sailed over my head. |
You guys are keeling me! |
Canoe people just skip the crass jokes? Sorry to be stern, but damn. |
I don't know, man they are giving me a galleon of laughs, but I bow to your request. |
As far as these puns go you guys are in a league of your own.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Is the female attractive? I mean she is single now, right?
Also, does she get to keep the jet ski? |
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