Authorities say 4 now dead in apparent murder-suicide

BUCKSPORT, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say that a fourth person – a 2-year-old child – has died in an apparent murder-suicide near Myrtle Beach.

Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard tells local media that three people were found shot to death early Saturday in a home in rural Bucksport. They were 51-year-old Keith Davis; 40-year-old Kristina Burroughs and 10-month-old Justice Burroughs, who was Kristina Burroughs’ niece.

Willard says that a fourth victim died Sunday afternoon in a local hospital. She was 2-year-old Katylin Bellamy.

Authorities were notified of the shootings shortly after midnight Friday.

All four lived together.

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