you appreciate them, but at the same time you have to beware of them because if something goes down, you re going to be the one in trouble, not them. good evening, everybody. andrew davis out here in hampton county right now with a story that really everybody is talking about. we now know officially that alex murdaugh was shot. alex murdaugh was changing a tire on the side of the road in rural hampton county saturday when a car passed him, turned around, and someone shot him in the head. this is when you wonder if they just started making things up or it was a soap opera somewhere. it seems like it s a tv show more than it seemed like real life, because in this case, how does this get more unusual? and then was it the same person that shot maggie and paul or what may happen as you spin through your mind? murdaugh called the 11 shortly after 1:30 in the afternoon to report he d been shot. he was airlifted to a hospital in savannah for treatment. there was an entry an
this is a southern version of a mafia story. enough evil had been done by the family. it s gone too far this time. i have an alex murdaugh on the line. hampton is a small raul community, very few stop lights, country folk. generations and generations of families, the same families. not a whole lot going on, you know. not a whole lot of jobs. a lot of poverty. people like me, we work for our money. we wasn t born with a silver spoon in our mouth. nobody ever had any reason to leave that part of south carolina, and nobody had any reason to come to that part of south carolina. small towns generate big fish in small pools. hampton is pretty much historically dominated by one family, the murdaughs. murdaugh, that name means power. they are a great american family who has a successful law firm and had deep roots in their community. money. position. power. the murdaughs have had control of hampton county for close to a century. they have held the position of t
good evening, everybody. andrew davis out here in hampton county right now with a story that really everybody is talking about. we now know officially that alex murdaugh was shot. alex murdaugh was changing a tire on the side of the road in rural hampton county saturday when a car passed him, turned around, and someone shot him in the head. this is when you wonder if they just started making things up or it was a soap opera somewhere. it seems like it s a tv show more than it seemed like real life, because in this case, how does this get more unusual? and then was it the same person that shot maggie and paul or what may happen as you spin through your mind? murdaugh called 9-1-1 shortly after 1:30 in the afternoon to report he d been shot. he was airlifted to a hospital in savannah for treatment. there was an entry and exit wound. murdaugh s skull was fractured and there was minor brain bleeding as well. when i first got that call, i was fearing for the worst, lik
powerful family in that area. the only name that was given to me was the murdaugh name. and of course, everybody s kind of shy to say, to say that out, you know what i mean? because of the name, you know, it brings a certain standard when you say murdaugh in hampton county. when their name started coming up, i knew immediately, ok, we need to talk with others about this. the murdaughs have had so much control of that area for so long, you know, they ve built a relative empire. they have, you know, friends, connections everywhere. that s the political aspect of it. making sure that you take care of the people who take care of you. let them know, hey, you re part of this family, this institution. and we want to make sure that we continue to do the things that s going to empower us to maintain dominance.
lot of poverty. people like me, we work for our money. we wasn t born with a silver spoon in our mouth. nobody ever had any reason to leave that part of south carolina, and nobody ever had any reason to come to that part of south caroline. small towns generate big fish in small pools. hampton is pretty historically dominated by one family the murdaughs. murdaugh that name means power. they re a great american family who has a successful law firm. had deep roots in their community. money, position, power. the murdaughs have had control of hampton county for close to a