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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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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