Myrtle Beach police have charged 50-year-old Michael Mackey with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature after his son told investigators Mackey stabbed him with scissors outside their Cedar Street home.
The account comes from an incident report described Friday by WMBF. The victim told police the argument began with a disagreement between Mackey and the victim's mother, then turned physical outside the house.
What the Incident Report Describes
According to the report, the victim left home. Mackey later contacted him and told him to get his belongings. A physical fight followed, and the victim was stabbed with scissors.
The report says an officer was flagged down on U.S. 501 on Nov. 8, when a man inside a car reported a medical emergency. Both the victim and Mackey were taken to the hospital.
WMBF reported that Mackey was booked the next day into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center, with bond set at $50,000. A caption with Friday's story identified him as held there. The charge is an allegation; the reporting does not include a plea or a court outcome.
Saturday Reports, Then a Different Date
Earlier coverage put the police response on Saturday afternoon, not Nov. 8. WMBF reported that officers went to a Cedar Street apartment around 1:45 p.m., found an injured person, and took a nearby suspect into custody. WPDE placed that call in the 200 block of Cedar Street at about the same time and said an apparent apartment stabbing sent two people to the hospital.
Those Saturday details and the later report's Nov. 8 flag-down are not the same timeline. The two accounts leave the date of the stabbing unresolved.
The Charge and a Report Number
Under South Carolina law, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature applies when someone unlawfully injures another person and either great bodily injury results or the act is done by means likely to produce death or great bodily injury. Charging Mackey under that statute does not establish that those elements are met.
Police asked anyone with information to reference report No. 26-022929.
