Investigators believe they know the identities of the shooters who opened fire at a crowded South Carolina bar on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 20 others.
But Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner said that no witnesses have come forward to confirm details of the mass shooting that sent hundreds of people gathered for a high school reunion event scattering, according to WRDW.
“We know there were two, possibly three within this crowd that had an ongoing feud with each other, and as a result with this ongoing feud, this disagreement, this inability to communicate like we are doing now, they resorted to pulling guns and exchanging gunfire,” Tanner said.
When asked by reporters if there was still a danger to the public since the shooters were still at large, Tanner replied that “I cannot tell you that you are safe in Beaufort County.”
Tanner said the FBI is assisting, enhancing security video of the scene, while the state Law Enforcement Division is analyzing guns, ammunition, and shell casings.
As CrimeOnline reported, gunfire rang out at Willie’s Bar and Grill, a well-known hotspot on St. Helena Island known for its Gullah-inspired cuisine. St. Helena Island is one of South Carolina’s inland Sea Islands.
The coroner’s office identified the dead as Kashawn Glaze, 22; Chiraad Smalls, 33; Amos Gary, 54; and A’shan’tek Milledge, 22. Gary was working security at the unofficial alumni event for graduates of Battery Creek High School.
The sheriff also said that four people who had been hospitalized in critical condition were now in “much better” conditions, WTOC reported.
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