(Trends Wide) — Alex Murdaugh, the prominent South Carolina attorney who said he was shot Saturday about three months after the bodies of his wife and son were discovered shot to death outside the family home, said Monday that he plans to resign. his firm and begin unspecified rehabilitation treatment, according to a statement obtained by Trends Wide affiliate WCSC.
The statement, provided to WCSC through Murdaugh’s attorney, Dick Harpootlian, read: “The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. I have made many decisions that I truly regret. I am going to resign myself. law firm and to enter rehab after a long battle that has been compounded by these murders. I feel immensely sorry for everyone I have hurt, including my family, friends and colleagues. I ask for prayers as I rehabilitate and rehabilitate my relationships. ” .
Trends Wide has attempted to contact Harpootlian for comment.
The statement came days after Murdaugh called 911 and reported that he had been shot on Saturday on a highway in Hampton County, South Carolina, according to a statement from a spokesman for the Carolina Division of Law Enforcement. South (SLED), Tommy Crosby.
Murdaugh was taken to a hospital in Savannah, Georgia, where he was treated for a “superficial gunshot wound to the head,” and no arrests have been made, according to the SLED statement.
Media affiliated with Trends Wide, WCSC and WCIV reported that Jim Griffin, another of Murdaugh’s attorneys, said he was told by family members that Murdaugh was changing a wheel when he was shot.
Griffin told WCIV that a vehicle had passed in front of Murdaugh and had turned around when someone shot him.
A family spokesperson said in a statement that the family hopes that Murdaugh will recover and asked for privacy, saying, “The Murdaugh family has suffered more than any family could imagine,” a likely reference to the murders of Murdaugh’s wife. and his 22-year-old son.
The deaths of the wife and son remain unsolved
According to SLED, Murdaugh called 911 on June 7 and said he had come home to find his wife, Margaret, and their son Paul shot to death outside their home in Islandton, a small community an hour north of Hilton Head Island. Colleton County Sheriff’s Deputies determined that both had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
SLED took over the investigation, but the case remains unsolved. Alex Murdaugh announced a $ 100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for their deaths.
“I ask the public to be patient and let the investigation run its course,” SLED chief Mark Keel said in a statement in June. “This case is complex and we are not going to rush into this or any investigation.”
The family has stood out in the South Carolina legal community for decades: For 87 consecutive years, three generations of Murdaughs – including Alex’s father, Randolph Murdaugh III – served as Attorney General for the 14th Circuit, spanning the counties of Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper.
According to the 14th Circuit Attorney’s Office, the current attorney is the first outside the Murdaugh family to hold the elected position.
Alex’s brothers, Randy and John Marvin, referred to the perception of this family role in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” in June.
“You see words like ‘dynasty’ and ‘power’ are used, and I don’t know exactly how people use those words,” Randy Murdaugh said. “But we are normal people, and it hurts the same as it would hurt them if this had happened to them.”
“I can’t imagine the horror my brother is experiencing,” he said.
With information from Kay Jones.
(Trends Wide) — Alex Murdaugh, the prominent South Carolina attorney who said he was shot Saturday about three months after the bodies of his wife and son were discovered shot to death outside the family home, said Monday that he plans to resign. his firm and begin unspecified rehabilitation treatment, according to a statement obtained by Trends Wide affiliate WCSC.
The statement, provided to WCSC through Murdaugh’s attorney, Dick Harpootlian, read: “The murders of my wife and son have caused an incredibly difficult time in my life. I have made many decisions that I truly regret. I am going to resign myself. law firm and to enter rehab after a long battle that has been compounded by these murders. I feel immensely sorry for everyone I have hurt, including my family, friends and colleagues. I ask for prayers as I rehabilitate and rehabilitate my relationships. ” .
Trends Wide has attempted to contact Harpootlian for comment.
The statement came days after Murdaugh called 911 and reported that he had been shot on Saturday on a highway in Hampton County, South Carolina, according to a statement from a spokesman for the Carolina Division of Law Enforcement. South (SLED), Tommy Crosby.
Murdaugh was taken to a hospital in Savannah, Georgia, where he was treated for a “superficial gunshot wound to the head,” and no arrests have been made, according to the SLED statement.
Media affiliated with Trends Wide, WCSC and WCIV reported that Jim Griffin, another of Murdaugh’s attorneys, said he was told by family members that Murdaugh was changing a wheel when he was shot.
Griffin told WCIV that a vehicle had passed in front of Murdaugh and had turned around when someone shot him.
A family spokesperson said in a statement that the family hopes that Murdaugh will recover and asked for privacy, saying, “The Murdaugh family has suffered more than any family could imagine,” a likely reference to the murders of Murdaugh’s wife. and his 22-year-old son.
The deaths of the wife and son remain unsolved
According to SLED, Murdaugh called 911 on June 7 and said he had come home to find his wife, Margaret, and their son Paul shot to death outside their home in Islandton, a small community an hour north of Hilton Head Island. Colleton County Sheriff’s Deputies determined that both had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
SLED took over the investigation, but the case remains unsolved. Alex Murdaugh announced a $ 100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for their deaths.
“I ask the public to be patient and let the investigation run its course,” SLED chief Mark Keel said in a statement in June. “This case is complex and we are not going to rush into this or any investigation.”
The family has stood out in the South Carolina legal community for decades: For 87 consecutive years, three generations of Murdaughs – including Alex’s father, Randolph Murdaugh III – served as Attorney General for the 14th Circuit, spanning the counties of Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper.
According to the 14th Circuit Attorney’s Office, the current attorney is the first outside the Murdaugh family to hold the elected position.
Alex’s brothers, Randy and John Marvin, referred to the perception of this family role in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” in June.
“You see words like ‘dynasty’ and ‘power’ are used, and I don’t know exactly how people use those words,” Randy Murdaugh said. “But we are normal people, and it hurts the same as it would hurt them if this had happened to them.”
“I can’t imagine the horror my brother is experiencing,” he said.
With information from Kay Jones.