Shooting in South Carolina, 3 killed and wounds another person

Columbia, The Gulf Observer: A shooting killed three teenagers and wounded a fourth person Sunday afternoon in South Carolina’s capital city, a sheriff’s department said.

Richland County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a shooting on Saddletrail Road in Columbia just after 2 p.m., the department said in a news release. When deputies arrived, they found four people with gunshot wounds, who were then taken to a hospital.

Three victims, 16- and 17-year-olds, died at the hospital, and the fourth victim was released, the sheriff’s department said. Officials did not release further details.