Man shot, taken to hospital after early-morning Richland County shooting

One man was injured after an early morning shooting Friday northeast of Columbia.

Richland County sheriff’s deputies responded around 1 a.m. to reports of a suspicious person on the 10000 block of Two Notch Road, the department said in a release. At the scene, deputies found a man with a gunshot wound to his abdomen and had the victim transported to a hospital for treatment.

The shooting occurred on a busy commercial stretch of Two Notch Road that includes shopping areas and fast-food restaurants, roughly a mile and a half northeast of Sesquicentennial State Park.

Deputies are investigating the shooting. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Richland County Sheriff’s Department at 803-576-3000 or submit a tip anonymously through CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC (274-6372).

Bristow Marchant

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Bristow Marchant covers local government, schools and community in Lexington County for The State. He graduated from the College of Charleston in 2007. He has almost 20 years of experience covering South Carolina at the Clinton Chronicle, Sumter Item and Rock Hill Herald. He joined The State in 2016. Bristow has won numerous awards, most recently the S.C. Press Association’s 2024 education reporting award.  Support my work with a digital subscription