At least six people were injured in South Carolina after a large gathering on the beach erupted into gunfire.
A senior skip day gathering on the beach in the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, erupted into gunfire Friday evening, leaving six people with gunshot wounds, police said.
Isle of Palms Police Chief Kevin Cornett told a group of reporters Friday evening that at around 5:20 p.m., a"couple of altercations" broke out within a crowd of about 100 people who had gathered on the beach. Cornett said that during one of those altercations, several shots were fired.. Some victims were transported by emergency medical services to nearby hospitals while others self-transported.
Beachgoers gather in the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, on August 21, 2017. Police said that six people were injured in the Isle of Palms Friday after a large crowd gathered for a senior skip day celebration broke out into gunfire.Cornett said that police have detained"several individuals" for weapons charges as they continue to investigate but added that they"don't know that any of them are necessarily the individual that fired.
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