for the gun and it went off. he said he got scared, ran off with the weapon and threw it away. and he said doing that was, quote, just plain stupid. smith was charged with insurance fraud, assisted suicide and other accounts. alex mauer do -- murdaugh's lawyer say the client hired smith to kill him so his son could collect on an insurance policy. murdaugh is out on bond. his attorney says he's at a drug rehab facility. >> we would concede a significant -- it has had a significant opioid addition which led him into financial issues and there's no question into this situation where he finds himself charged. the only violence he's ever been involved in is this, which was to have himself executed. so he's not a danger to the community. the only person he is a danger to is himself.