Woman killed in nightclub shooting that left others injured, Columbia police say
A woman was killed and two other people were hospitalized in an overnight shooting that was the latest deadly incident at a South Carolina nightclub, according to the Columbia Police Department.
The shooting happened at Ole Place, a bar at 3311 Two Notch Road, police said in a Sunday morning news release. That’s a few blocks from the intersection with Beltline Boulevard in Columbia.
Information about when the shooting occurred was not available.
Police said that a fight broke out inside the bar, and during the altercation someone pulled out a gun and began shooting.
Three people were shot, including two women who suffered critical gunshot wounds, according to the release. A man also was shot and suffered what police said were non-life-threatening injuries.
One woman died as a result of her injuries, according to the release.
The Richland County Coroner’s Office has not publicly identified the woman who died.
Further information on the conditions of the surviving victims was not available.
No other injuries were reported.
Information about the shooter, and the number of people involved in the fight, was not available. There was no word about what led to the fight, and it was not clear if the shooting victims were targeted by the gunman or if they were hit by mistake.
No arrests have been reported, but the shooting is being investigated by police.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 888-CRIME-SC or submit an online tip.
In the case of an emergency, always call 911.
Nightclub shooting spree
This was the third shooting at a nightclub in Richland County in the past week.
Early in the morning on May 10, a man was was shot and killed by a Forest Acres police officer outside Relapse Bar & Grill, at 5024 Two Notch Road, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department said.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said 32-year-old Lexington resident Cody A. Johnson was driving erratically and threatening the lives of people in the club’s parking lot when the officer shot him multiple times. Johnson died at the scene.
Three days later, a South Carolina man was shot and killed May 13 by a security guard after he and a woman were thrown out of club Bar Code, at 224 Oneil Court in Columbia, the sheriff’s department said.
A security guard told the sheriff’s department that he was outside the club when he shot 28-year-old Desmond T. Montgomery multiple times — after the Greeleyville resident pulled a gun from his waistband. Montgomery was taken to an area hospital where he died, according to the sheriff’s department.
No arrests have been reported in the Wednesday morning shooting at Bar Code, which like the shooting at Relapse is being investigating by the sheriff’s department.
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