Harley week in Myrtle Beach had zero shootings. The American media wasn’t as descriptive of those involved.

Via The Daily Mail

Three people have been killed and two more injured after a shooting incident at an oceanfront motel in Myrtle Beach, one of South Carolina’s most popular tourist destinations.

The shootings took place around 11 p.m. on Saturday in front of crowds of tourists at the Bermuda Sands Motel along the beach’s new boardwalk, Myrtle Beach Police Capt. David Knipes said.

The area attracts between 350,000 and 400,000 people each Memorial Day Weekend for the annual Atlantic Beach BikeFest, which is held just 15 miles away from Myrtle Beach.

The three-day event, also known as Black Bikers Week, is the largest African American motorcycle rally in the U.S. although in recent years it has evolved to include many non-bike events such as concerts and streets festivals.

Officers draped towels over the balcony of a breezeway just outside the doors to the rooms of the motel to shield two of the bodies from people on nearby Ocean Boulevard.

The victims were Devonte Dantzler, 21, of Summerville; Sandy Gaddis Barnwell, 22, of Summerville; and Jamie Williams, 28, of Ladson, Horry County deputy coroner Darris Fowler said. The fourth victim, whose condition is not known, was hospitalized.

Witnesses said the shootings happened after a fight in front of the motel.

‘We had just come up the stairs when the guy got shot. My husband saw when he fell right in front of our room,’ said Megan Sloan, who lives in Salisbury, North Carolina, and was on vacation.

A police officer quickly knocked on their door, interviewed Sloan and her husband and asked them to stay in their room. They didn’t realize until they turned on the news on Sunday morning that three people died.

The couple wanted to change motels for their last day in Myrtle Beach.

‘It scared me to death. We tried to get our money back, but they wouldn’t give it back,’ Sloan said.

Police say they typically deal with motorcycle wrecks and lesser offenses during the bike rally, but violence is unusual.

Knipes said Myrtle Beach had just two homicides in all of 2013.