Multiple people were shot across the street from a Midlands high school that held its homecoming football game Friday night.

The Winnsboro Department of Public Safety reports via Facebook that “several persons were struck by gunfire in or near the Old Walmart parking lot in 321 bypass last night following the Fairfield Central High School homecoming football game.”

“The fired shots may have come from a nearby apartment complex where two groups exchanged gunfire in an ongoing dispute,” the post adds.

The department did not provide an exact time for the shooting.

The Midway Plaza shopping center on U.S. 321, where the building vacated by Walmart remains empty, currently houses a Rent-A-Center, a Planet Vapor and a Bojangles. Fairfield Middle and Fairfield Central High schools sit directly across the street.

Fairfield Central defeated Newberry 49-42 Friday after a homecoming parade was held earlier in the day.

This story was originally published September 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM.

Jordan Lawrence

The State

Jordan Lawrence serves as metro editor for The State. He has worked for newspapers in the Columbia area for more than a decade, having previously served as the lead editor for Free Times and the Lexington County Chronicle. He has won several South Carolina Press Association Awards, including recognition for breaking news reporting, business reporting and arts and entertainment writing. Support my work with a digital subscription