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2 killed, 8 hurt in South Carolina nightclub shooting: reports
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) — Two people were killed and eight wounded Sunday in a shooting at a nightclub in South Carolina, according to media reports.
Just before 2 a.m. (0600 GMT), two deputies of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office driving on the White Horse Road noticed a disturbance at Lavish Lounge, local WYFF News 4 quoted Jimmy Bolt, an official of the office, as saying.
Bolt said the deputies called for emergency back-up after hearing gunshots from inside the building.
However, Hobart Lewis, a sheriff with the office, said in an earlier press conference that at least 12 people have been wounded, according to the Associated Press.
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