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'I'm bleeding a lot': SLED releases 911 calls placed after Alex Murdaugh shooting incident

On Friday, SLED released three 911 calls placed that day related to the incident: one by a passerby and two made by Alex Murdaugh himself.

'I'm bleeding a lot': SLED releases 911 calls placed after Alex Murdaugh shooting incident

On Friday, SLED released three 911 calls placed that day related to the incident: one by a passerby and two made by Alex Murdaugh himself.

ANYONE AT BETHESDA ACADEMY./// TONIGHT ... YOU WILL HEAR THE 911 CALLS FROM ALEX MURDAUGH'S ... BOTCHED ICSUIDE FRAUD PLOT. WJCL'S ... (KNEE-KIA-YAH) NIKIYA CARRERO IS IN THE NEWSROOM. NIKIYA, YOU'VE LISTENED TO THESE CALLS ... HEARING FROM MURDUCH HIMSELF/// SOUTH CAROLA IN AUTHORITIES GAVE US ABOUT 13 MINUTES WORTH OF CALLS. ONE FROM AX LE MURDAUGH... AND ONE FROM SOMEONE WHO HAPPENED TO BE PASSING BY. TAKE A LTEISN. DISPATCH: HAMPTON COUNTY 911. WHERE IS YOUR EMERGENCY? CALLER: WE'RE ON SALKEHATCHIE ROAD D AN THERE IS A MAN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH BLOOD ALL OVER HIM WAVING HIS HANDS. DISPATCH: HE'S JUST LAYI NG THERE WAVINGIS H HANDS? CALLER: HE LOOKS FINE BUT IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE A SETUP SO WE DIDN'T ST. OP DISPCHAT: OH I DON'T BLAME YOU. DISPATCH: OK. WHAT'S GOING ON? CALLER: 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. WHERE YOU SHOT? CALLER: YES BUT I MEAN I'M . OK DISPATCH: DID THEY ACTUALLY SHOOT YOU OR DID THEY TRY TO SHOOT YOU? CALLER: THEY SHOT ME. DISPATCH: OK. YOU NEED EMS? CALLER: UH, WELL. I MEAN YES. I CAN'TRI D. VE CALLER: I HAVE TROUBLE SEEING AND I'M BLEEDING A LOT. HE THEN GOES ON TO DESCRIBE THE PERSON WHO SHOT HIM. CALLER: I MEAN IT WAS A WHITE FELLA. UH, I'D SAY... DISPATCH: A WHITE MALE. CALLER: A FAIR AMOT UN YOUNGER THAN ME. REALLY, REALLY SHORT HAIR. UM. YOU HAVE AN AMBULANCE COMI NG MAM? DISPATCH: YES SIR. YESIR. S STAY ON THE LINE. I GOT THEM ON THE WAY ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LATER... INVESTIGATORS SAY ALEX MURDAUGH CONFESSED AND SAID THAT HE TOLD SOMEONE TO SHOOT AND KILL HIM ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD IN HAMPTON COUNTY. WE NOW KNOW THAT SOMEONE WAS CURTIS "EDDIE" SMI. TH HIS LAWYERS SAY THAT'S NOT THE FULL TRUTH. (SOT ABOUT CURTIS SMITH) "HE ARRIVED UPON A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE WAS IN A SUICIDAL STATE.. APPEARED TO BE IN A SUICIDAL STATE TO HIM. HE WRESTLED THE GUN AWAY FROM S HI FRIEND. AT SOME POINT THE GUN WENT OFF, OBVIOUSLY IN A VERY TRAUMATIC SORT OF SITUATION AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND THEN YOU KNOW, HE.. AS SITUATION DIED DOWN.. HE YOU KNOW HE FTLE THE SCENE AND SO BEYOND THAT YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT." QUESTIONS ALSO AROSE ABOUT THE EXTENT OF MURDAUGH'S INJURIE S. WHEN HE APPEARED IN COURT ON SEPTEMBER 16TH... THERE APPEARED TO BE NONE. DICK HARPOOTLIAN/MURDAUGH ATTORNEY: "HIS SKULL WAS FRACTURED HE HAD A BRA IN BLEED AND HE WAS PUT IN THE ICU BECAUSE HIS LIFE WAS IN DAERNG AS A RESULT OF BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD." YOU MAY REMEMBER, MURDAUGH TOLD AUTHORITS IE THAT HE WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF SO HIS SON, BUSTER, COULD COL
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'I'm bleeding a lot': SLED releases 911 calls placed after Alex Murdaugh shooting incident

On Friday, SLED released three 911 calls placed that day related to the incident: one by a passerby and two made by Alex Murdaugh himself.

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.

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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