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Six people were wounded during a Good Friday shooting on the Isle of Palms (a.k.a. “IOP”) – an island community located approximately fifteen miles east of downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
Shots rang out at approximately 5:20 p.m. EDT near the Sea Cabins and Oceanside Villas – a complex located just off the beach from the island’s iconic 1,000-foot fishing pier. The gunfire reportedly erupted following an altercation between teens participating in a “senior skip day.”
Most of the teens had gathered for “skip day” at Isle of Palms county park – a recently renovated Charleston County facility which borders the Sea Cabins to the east. IOP park is purportedly “located on one of the more upscale, family friendly, and non-commercialized beaches in the Charleston area.”
“With over 600 feet of oceanfront, this county park is a great place to enjoy a day at the beach,” one local Lowcountry tourism site noted.
Not on Good Friday …
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Multiple individuals have been detained and at least one person has been taken into custody in the aftermath of the shooting, according to the Isle of Palms police department – which is the lead agency investigating this incident.
In fact, several IOP officers were reportedly in the immediate vicinity of the shooting when it took place.
Multiple firearms have been seized in the aftermath of the shooting, although there is no word yet on whether law enforcement believes they were used in the melee.
UPDATE | TWO ARRESTS MADE
Of the six people wounded in the shooting, five are teenagers and one is an adult woman who happened to be nearby when the shooting took place. All six were transported to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) with non-life threatening injuries, police said. At least one of the victims sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
“There were a couple of altercations that took place and during one of those altercations there were several shots that were fired,” IOP police chief Kevin Cornett told reporters.
Several clips posted to social media captured the moments shots were fired … and the chaotic aftermath.
Take a look …
Numerous local law enforcement agencies were assisting IOP police in their investigation including the Charleston County sheriff’s office, the Berkeley County sheriff’s office, the Mount Pleasant police department, the North Charleston police department, the Summerville police department and the Sullivan’s Island police department.
Agents of the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were also on the scene providing assistance.
U.S. congresswoman Nancy Mace – who represents the coastal first district – issued a statement in the aftermath of the shooting.
“My heart goes out to the six shooting victims on IOP and their families tonight,” Mace said. “And our immense gratitude goes out to our local law enforcement and our first responders who saved all 6 lives today.”
Mace said she had “many thoughts about policies I’ve worked on over the years to reduce gun violence.”
“It makes me sick to see how neither side will sit down together and discuss my gun violence is on the rise, and why our policies don’t address root causes,” she said. “Both sides just dig their heels in, unwilling to have an honest conversation.”
This is a developing story … stay tuned to our news outlet for future updates.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and seven children.
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7 comments
We’re digging in our heels, Nancy, because democrats’ and RINOS’ gun violence solutions always center around taking guns away from law abiding citizens, not punishing criminals.
The good guys with guns aren’t there because of gun control laws, they just aren’t there most of the times, period.
I like a vigilante superhero as much as the next guy but you should try living in reality. This isn’t a comic book
As of now individuals can be charged with “unlawful carry”. So when non permitted carry becomes law………………..BTW, I have A CCW and never leave home without a S&W M&P .45 in my pocket.
There’s a big diff in banning assault weapons that can fire multiple rounds per second and a handgun. Enough of the GOP nonsense about “taking our guns away”–we just want to ban the ones that allow someone to shoot/maim/kill multiple people in mere seconds. And now SC wants to do away with the concealed weapon laws so that will only lead to MORE scenes like this. SC is becoming an open shooting gallery. Something has to be done.
Never let the inmates run the asylum. Morons running loose with unregistered, and UNTRAINED, guns in their pockets present a recipe for a lot more “hope and payers” bs in the coming years.
Why were the gates locked? And who locked them? And why isn’t the news reporting this?
if i had a son….. usual suspects