A 15-year-old boy was bitten by a shark Thursday in Garden City, Capt. Jerry Howerton, with Murrells Inlet Garden City Fire Department, told ABC affiliate WPDE.

The teen was in about chest deep water around 12:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of Waccamaw Drive when the small shark bit him on the leg.

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Lt. Gov. Burt Jones — pictured at an August rally in Peachtree City that also featured Vice President JD Vance — appears to have scored another legal victory over gubernatorial rival Attorney General Chris Carr in their battle over campaign finance issues. (Arvin Temkar/AJC 2025)

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