\u00a0the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\u201cThis is a tragic and difficult incident for everyone. We ask for your patience as we continue to investigate this incident. Our thoughts are with all of the victims and their loved ones,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n
Willie\u2019s cook Henry Wright, who was at the bar during the shooting, described the scene as \u201ccrazy\u201d and told The Island Packet that he heard \u201ca lot of shots.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wright said the patrons fled through the establishment\u2019s back door in a panic after the shots rang out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Willie Turral, owner of Willie\u2019s Bar and Grill, after the tragic incident. WJCL<\/p>\n
One of the victims was found dead on the front steps of the bar, while three others were found outside, two on the ground near the front of the restaurant, and another by a tree on the property.<\/p>\n
He said one of the victims was a \u201clittle girl\u201d \u2014 who appeared to be a teenager.<\/p>\n
Robert Adams, director of a nearby history and culture nonprofit, which is located just up the street from Willie\u2019s, told the\u00a0local outlet he heard gunfire \u201clike a machine gun\u201d and that large events at the watering hole have attracted \u201ca lot of problems\u201d in the past.<\/p>\n
Politicians in South Carolina have spoken out in horror following news of the shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cCOMPLETELY HEARTBROKEN to learn about the devastating shooting in Beaufort County. Our prayers are with the victims, their families, and everyone impacted by this horrific act of violence. If you have any information, please contact the Beaufort County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 843-255-3418, as soon as humanly possible,\u201d Rep. Nancy Mace wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tragic news out of Beaufort County is heartbreaking. I\u2019m lifting up in prayer the families who lost loved ones and those who were injured,\u201d South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott wrote on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of us in South Carolina will be holding those affected close in our hearts in the days ahead,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The bar was the site of another shooting less than three years ago, when it was called the Island Grill. Two people were wounded in the November, 2022 incident after gunshots rang out in the parking lot around closing time, according to the\u00a0Island Packet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least four people were killed and 20 injured, four of them critically, after a mass shooting at…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":298048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,16482,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,7207,3036,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-298047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-mass-shootings","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-police","17":"tag-south-carolina","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-us-news","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115362886509900519","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}