ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (WTOC/WCSC) – The Morgan and Morgan Law Firm confirmed that three more lawsuits have been filed on behalf of victims of the mass shooting at Willie’s Bar and Grill in St. Helena Island last fall.
This brings the total number of lawsuits against this business to five. Two other suits, seen here and here, have already been filed against Willie’s Bar and Grill over the same incident.
Anferny Freeman was seen entering Willie’s Bar and Grill while armed with a firearm Oct. 11, 2025. The lawsuit accuses Willie’s Bar and Grill of serving Freeman an excessive amount of alcohol. The lawsuit further stated that this overserving contributed to Freeman opening fire, killing four people, and wounding several others.
The plaintiffs in the cases filed their grievances on March 4, including a victim who was shot three times in the chest, a victim shot in the jaw, and an individual who was trampled in the frantic stampede that followed the first shots.
Below is a copy of all three lawsuits filed against Willie Turral Food Services, LLC by Attorney James Daigle of Morgan and Morgan:
Turral himself elected to close the business and repurpose it after the bar’s liquor license was on the line, with the Beaufort County Sheriff, PJ Tanner, claiming it was a “nuisance location” that averaged 40 calls for service per year in the past decade.
The location was last set to be turned into a learning center under Turral’s leadership. Turral released a statement discussing that decision and the upcoming creation of “SHEDWorks” back in November.
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