MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is releasing its 40-page investigative report on a deadly officer-involved shooting in the heart of Myrtle Beach.

The redacted report goes over SLED's investigation into the April 26 shooting along Ocean Boulevard that left one person dead and 11 others hurt, including interviews with officers and those caught in the gunfire.

Authorities say Myrtle Beach Police officer Brandon O'Rourke fired the bullet that night that ended the life of 18-year-old Jerrius Davis of Bennettsville.

SLED interviewed O'Rourke, who detailed his account of the shooting.

O'Rourke was asked to help back up on a call to Mr. Fries, a restaurant on the 900th block of Ocean Boulevard.

O'Rourke said he didn't notice any problems outside as he was walking into the restaurant.

Once inside, O'Rourke activated his body-worn camera, and an employee told O'Rourke and two other officers that a group damaged a table, but the group paid for the damage and left.

The officers spent about three or four minutes in the restaurant, according to the report.

O'Rourke turned his body-worn camera off before walking out the door but then noticed Davis "produce a handgun and fire multiple rounds into an extremely crowded sidewalk," the report reads.

O'Rourke said he recognized the situation as an "active shooter" based on his training and made the decision to fire his weapon despite the crowded streets in order to "protect the lives of innocent bystanders."

He fired multiple times, but he wasn't sure exactly how many.

The report states that the Shot Spotter detection system uncovered that Davis fired his gun four times, and O'Rourke fired his gun five times.

O'Rourke did tell agents that he was "closing" the distance between himself and Davis during the shooting and that he stopped shooting when he saw Davis fall to the ground.

Officers searched Davis and found a single gunshot wound to his lower back. A paramedic soon arrived and said he couldn't find a pulse for Davis. The coroner's report lists Davis' cause of death as a gunshot wound to the back.

SLED's report offers a new look at what led to this shooting.

Along with officers, agents interviewed the victims that suffered gunshot wounds that night and others connected to the shooting.

Many of the victims, some of whose names are redacted because of age, claim that they didn't know Davis all that well, and they weren't sure what led to the shooting.

However, when agents interviewed Davis' family on May 1, they spoke about situations that led up to the shooting.

When SLED asked Davis' mother if Davis had any issues with anyone in their hometown of Bennettsville, she said that someone in January shot up her car parked in front of her house.

The mom said that [redacted] was rumored to be involved. She also mentioned someone told her that [redacted] had been "threatening to snatch their chains."

The mother goes on to say that Davis and [redacted] used to be friends with [redacted], and she wasn't sure why there was a problem now.

SLED notes that the Marlboro County Sheriff's Office did not have a report on the car being shot.

Davis' mother added that she didn't know that he had a gun until a couple days before he went to Myrtle Beach, as she saw it on his social media.

Agents interviewed Davis' uncle and learned that days before the shooting, Davis asked his uncle for any .40-caliber ammunition, as Davis only had two bullets and needed more, the report details.

The uncle didn't have any .40-caliber ammunition and says he doesn't know where Davis got the gun.

But the uncle did say he knew there were problems between [redacted] and Davis.

The uncle didn't know what the problems were over but says that [redacted] did once pull out a gun on Davis at a Cook Out fast food restaurant in Bennettsville.

SLED notes in the report that the Bennettsville Police Department did not receive a report on this.

The uncle also mentions that he heard that [redacted] and [redacted] had threatened to steal Davis' necklace.

SLED also spoke with Davis' 16-year-old brother, who was with Davis in Myrtle Beach for spring break.

Before the shooting, Davis was walking with his brother and others down the boulevard, and they were talking to some girls, but the girls left.

Davis wanted to go with the girls, but the others didn't, leading to Davis getting mad and walking by himself.

Davis' brother passed by some of the eventual victims of the shooting and recognized them but said they didn't speak.

Around 10 to 15 minutes later, the brother said he heard the gunshots and ran over to find officers putting a sheet over Davis.

SLED named some of the victims in the shooting and asked the brother if he or Davis had an issue with them in the past.

The brother mentioned the rumors that [redacted] were going to "snatch our chains."

The brother mentioned both the Cook Out incident and his mother's car being shot.

At the Cook Out, the brother said that [redacted] came up to him and Davis with a gun and said, "I got that big S," the report reads. The brother believes this was a threat that [redacted] was going to steal his necklace.

The brother claimed his mom's car being shot was over [redacted] and [redacted] "wanting to steal their jewelry."

In terms of timeline, the report states that the car was shot months after the threats over the jewelry.

The report states that the gun that Davis used had been stolen on Aug. 30, 2024, but it had been purchased from a pawn shop in Bennettsville.

The report also states that the gun was involved in an unrelated homicide in Bennettsville. SLED notes no one involved in the officer-involved shooting was involved in the Bennettsville homicide.

Over the past few months, one of the major questions has been over the 11 people hurt in the shooting and if they were hurt from Davis' or O'Rourke's gunfire.

Besides stating that O'Rourke fired the shot that killed Davis, the report does not reveal which gunshots hurt the 11 others in the case.

In the aftermath of the shooting, O'Rourke turned his body camera back on and told agents he heard someone say "I'm sorry" as he was applying a tourniquet to a victim who had been shot.

He said he didn't know who said it, but SLED said that it was actually O'Rourke who told the victim, "I'm sorry," according to his body camera recording.

O'Rourke then saw Sgt. Tom Vest on the scene, and he informed him that he was the officer who fired the shots.

Vest then drove O'Rourke back to the station.

Solicitor Jimmy Richardson called April 26 a chaotic night that the agency says started with Davis opening fire in a crowded area.

Richardson says that O'Rourke acted "in a reasonable manner" and declined to press charges against the officer.

O'Rourke returned to active duty on Aug. 29.