Myrtle Beach man accused of lighting convenience store on fire using fireworks

Police said a man who threw a lit firework into a Myrtle Beach convenience store igniting the roof and damaging merchandise has been arrested.

Officers were called to Express Convenience Store on Mr. Joe White Avenue on July 5 just before 11 p.m. after a 911 hangup.

The 911 caller said a man threw a firework into the building which exploded and caught the ceiling on fire and damaged merchandise.

Video surveillance shows the suspect lighting the firework and throwing it through the front door of the business.

One week later, officers were called to the Walmart on Seaboard Street where they found the suspect, Ajuwon Anderson.

Anderson is charged with second-degree arson.