A South Carolina man, 37-year-old Timothy James Truett, Jr., is facing a hate crime charge under the city's hate intimidation law after allegedly firing a gun near an LGBTQ nightclub. The incident occurred outside the Pulse Ultra Club on the 2700 block of South Kings Highway. Truett was detained by the Myrtle Beach Police Department and placed under arrest and charged with hate intimidation, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, and damaging property. This is the first arrest under the law since it was implemented in 1924.