5 shot on Charleston street in late night shooting; 2 face gun charges

Five people were wounded overnight in a shooting on a Charleston street.

Charleston police report that all five were transported to local hospitals and treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

The shooting happened close to 1 a.m. Sunday on busy King Street at the intersection with Morris Street, a popular nightlife area of the city. The scene of the shooting is four blocks north of Marion Square.

A number of people were detained at the scene and two people were arrested and charged with firearm violations, Charleston police said in a press release Sunday morning.

All five people shot were adults, the police said. A sixth person was originally thought to have been shot, but their injuries were determined to have been caused by a fall during the incident, police said.

The incident remains under investigation.

This story was originally published September 4, 2022 at 9:05 AM.

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