Hampton, South Carolina (AP) – Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating a shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that injured at least nine people. It was the third mass shooting in the United States over the weekend of Easter.
The three shootings in South Carolina and Pittsburgh killed two minors and injured at least 31.
The South Carolina State Department of Law Enforcement, which is investigating, said in an email that no deaths were reported in the early shooting at Kara’s Salon in Hampton County. Information on the severity of the injuries is not immediately available. Hampton County is about 80 miles (about 129 kilometers) west of Charleston. A phone call to the nightclub was not answered.
In Pittsburgh, meanwhile, two minors were killed and at least eight were injured in a shooting at a home party. The shooting, followed by a brawl, took place around 12:30 a.m. during a party at a short-term rental property where hundreds of people had gathered – “most” minors, Pittsburgh Police Department Chief Scott Schubert told reporters.
Sunday’s shooting comes just a day after a fire broke out in a busy mall in the South Carolina state capital, about 90 miles north of the site of Sunday’s nightclub shooting. Nine people were shot and five were injured as they tried to flee the scene at the Columbiana Center, Colombia Police Chief WH “Skip” Holbrooke said on Saturday. The victims are between 15 and 73 years old.
The Columbia Police Department has announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jewey M. Price, who was one of three people initially detained by law enforcement as a person of interest in the mall shooting. Price was due to be heard at 2 p.m. Sunday on charges of illegal pistol carrying. It is not immediately clear whether Price has a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
Police say the 73-year-old victim continues to receive medical treatment, but other victims have been released from local hospitals or will be released soon.
“We don’t believe it’s a coincidence,” Holbrooke said. “We believe they know each other and something led to the shooting.
The three mass shootings for Easter over the weekend are in addition to other shootings in recent days. Last week, a gunman opened fire on a New York subway car, injuring 10 people. The next day, a suspect was detained. Earlier this month, police said six people were killed and 12 others injured in Sacramento, California, during a shootout between rival gangs as bars closed in a busy area near Downtown Commons Mall and the State Capitol. .
A week ago, a shooting at a crowded nightclub in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, killed a man and a woman, and 10 people were injured early Sunday, authorities said. And last month, 10 people were shot dead at a spring break party in Dallas and several others were injured while trying to escape the shooting, police said.
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