Two people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting early Sunday on Mallett Road, according to the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies were called to 2806 Mallett Road at about 12:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, after a report of a shooting, the sheriff's office said. They found one person in the yard with a gunshot wound. A second person who had been shot was later found at the Enmarket convenience store on U.S. 521. Investigators said that person had been driven from the scene in a vehicle and left in the store's parking lot.
Both were taken to McLeod Clarendon Hospital, where they died.
Based on preliminary findings, the two people who died had been in an ongoing dispute, the sheriff's office said. Investigators said one of them pulled out a gun, and the other then drew a gun and fired. The two exchanged gunfire and were fatally wounded.
Two other people were also shot. The sheriff's office said they are expected to survive and that their injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening.
The sheriff's office said there is no threat to the public.
The State Law Enforcement Division's Crime Scene Unit helped process the scene, including the vehicles involved.
The sheriff's office has not released the names of the people who died or the injured, and has not said who drove the second person to the store. The Clarendon County Coroner's Office has not identified the people who died. The investigation is ongoing.