CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) -- A Little River bar that came under scrutiny following a deadly 2023 New Year's Eve shooting is being sued by the mother of a victim.

Kaleeza Fox's 19-year-old son K'Ron was celebrating at the Drinking Class Bar and Grill on Waterway Plaza near Highway 9 and Sea Mountain Highway when he was shot around 11 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2023.

Fox and James Myron Bellamy, 20, died at the scene and two other people were hurt. Bellmay's mother Kenyatta Crawford filed a negligence suit against the establishment in December.

Fox in her lawsuit blames Drinking Class, its owners John Scott and Chester Wheeler and two unnamed people identified as accessories to the shooting.

About three weeks before the shooting, bar management met with Horry County police to discuss concerns about gang

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