Mass shooting in South Carolina on Easter weekend adds to violence

Two mass shootings — one at a Columbia shopping center, one other at a Hampton County nightclub — and a deadly taking pictures at a Greenville County house, left 19 folks shot throughout South Carolina Saturday, April 16.

The violent Easter weekend alarmed regulation enforcement and political leaders, a few of whom are calling for stiffer gun legal guidelines consequently.

►9 folks had been shot within the first taking pictures on the Columbiana Centre mall in Columbia on April 16. Nobody was killed. Capturing victims’ ages ranged kind 15 to 73. Three arrests had been made following the taking pictures. 

►The second mass taking pictures, within the unincorporated city of Furman in Hampton County, occurred at Cara’s Lounge evening membership throughout an “Easter Bash” occasion. 9 folks had been wounded within the taking pictures together with a 14-year-old boy who was hospitalized.

Capturing:Hampton County nightclub taking pictures might have stemmed from drive-by gun battle, police say

►In Greenville County, 23-year-old Ja’Tyius Daquon Grady was shot and killed at Spring Grove Residences in Taylors April 16. Legislation enforcement arrested Elex Tyrell Gregory, 28, and charged him with homicide.

►To date this 12 months, seven mass shootings in South Carolina have left seven lifeless and 37 injured, in keeping with the nonprofit database, gunviolencearchive.org. Gun violence has led to 10 deaths and 18 accidents amongst teenagers this 12 months statewide, and 5 youngsters 11 and youthful have been injured.

►The variety of mass shootings in South Carolina over the previous 5 years has climbed from seven in 2017 to 16 in 2020 and 17 in 2021.

►In Greenville County in July 2021, one particular person died of a gunshot wound to the top whereas three others had been injured at a gathering at Conestee Park. 

►There have additionally been different shootings at public locations together with in a Greenville County center faculty final month. Legislation enforcement leaders stated a 12-year-old boy died after being shot by one other boy at Tanglewood Center College in Greenville County on March 31.

►Lt. Ryan Flood of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Workplace stated there have been 108 incidents of gun violence up to now this 12 months. In 2017, there have been 375 incidents; in 2018, 370; in 2019, 362. Then in 2020 the quantity jumped to 464 gun violence incidents, and final 12 months there have been 405. 

Gun violence in Spartanburg

The newest mass taking pictures in Spartanburg occurred in July 2021, when two males died and two extra had been injured in a drive-by taking pictures on Pallisade Avenue.

Early in July 2021, two folks died and 4 folks had been injured in two separate shootings close to Cleveland Park in Spartanburg.

Final 12 months, there was a pointy rise in taking pictures incidents in Spartanburg, with most occurring within the early summer season. 

Spartanburg Police Maj. Artwork Littlejohn stated for all of 2021 in Spartanburg, there have been 12 incidents leading to 16 deaths, 10 of which had been shooting-related. Eight of the 12 incidents have been solved, and 4 stay unsolved.