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Authorities are investigating “a person of interest” as a possible perpetrator of the events.
a shooting in the early hours of sunday has left four dead and about 20 injured in a bar in South Carolina, United States, according to local authorities.
Four of the injured are in critical condition. and were taken to a local hospital, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office; The identity of the deceased is still unknown.
Authorities are investigating “a person of interest” and the investigation is ongoing.
The incident took place around 1.00 in the morning on the island of Saint Helena, off the coast of South Carolina, at Willie’s Bar and Grill.
“Hundreds of people were in the establishment where the shooting took place; “Several victims ran towards nearby stores and houses seeking refuge from the bullets,” the sheriff said in a statement.
Today is the second mass shooting to take place this weekend in the United States. The country has registered at least 300 incidents of this typein which at least four people have been shot without counting the attacker, so far in 2025, according to the civil organization Gun Violence Archive.