HORRY COUNTY, SC. (THECOUNT) — Mar’tellyiz Vereen has been identified as the victim in a fatal Monday night shooting in Loris, South Carolina.

Vereen, 18, was found suffering from at least one gunshot wound while in the area of Flag Patch Rd & Highway 9, in Loris, South Carolina on Monday after 6 p.m.

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The Horry County Coroner confirmed Vereen as the victim on Tuesday.

The coroner’s office classified his death as a homicide, reports MyrtleBeachOnline.

No suspect information was provided by officials.

The case remains under investigation.

Anyone with possible information on the fatal shooting should contact police t 911.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the teen:

Geo quick facts: Loris is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,396 at the 2010 census, up from 2,079 in 2000 – Wikipedia.