A South Carolina beach partially filled with high school students participating in a 'senior skip day' led to a shooting that injured six.
Beachgoers run from the site of a shooting in Isle of Palms, South Carolina.A South Carolina beach partially filled with high school students participating in a "senior skip day" descended into chaos Friday afternoon as gunfire injured at least six beachgoers.
Cornett said that his department has multiple suspects in custody, though they do not know if they have the actual shooter detained at this point. Law enforcement also recovered multiple firearms at the beach which was shut down after the incident. Some of the victims were transported by ambulance to a local area hospital though authorities confirmed that multiple others self-transported. The shooting prompted a massive response from local, state and federal agencies, according to Cornett.
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