Report: Man shot while trying to buy engagement ring

Horry County, S.C. (WPDE) — A man was reportedly shot while trying to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend, according to an Horry County police report.

The man’s fiance took him to the hospital and told police that he had told her he went to meet someone in Little River to buy the ring from “the Offer Up web site,” the report stated.

She told police he “noticed the transaction was going bad and went to snatch the money back out of the sellers hands,” and when he want to run away he got shot in the back and arm, according to the report.

The woman told police he went to his sister’s house in Whiteville “while trying to self heal,” but was eventually convinced to go to the hospital.

She also told police he is a heavy drug user, using heroin.

The man was not cooperating with police, according to the report.