South Carolina shooting: Three injured after gunman opens fire inside school

Armed guard: Security outside the school following a shooting
WYFF-TV
Jamie Bullen29 September 2016

Two children and a teacher have been injured after a gunman opened fire inside a primary school in South Carolina.

The shooting happened in the early afternoon at Townville Elementary School in Anderson County, located near the Georgia state line about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Atlanta.

A teenage suspect has been taken into custody.

A dead body was found on a dirt road near the school which appeared to be related to the shooting, Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore told the Anderson Independent Mail.

Mr Shore said the two students do not appear to have life-threatening injuries. Both children are six years old, according to the Independent Mail.

Juana Slade, spokeswoman for AnMed Health Medical Center, said they are treating one adult woman and a boy. Both are in good condition, she said

Armed officers guarded students as they were evacuated from the school and taken by bus to a nearby church, local media said.

Television images showed police swarming the school, with some officers on the roof while others moved around the building.


A mother whose daughter is in kindergarten at Townville Elementary told WYFF news that she panicked after getting word of the shooting.

She said: "I'm just scared. "I don't even want her to go to school now."

The two injured students were airlifted to the hospital and the teacher was driven by ambulance, said Taylor Jones, deputy chief of the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.

One child was flown to Greenville Memorial Hospital's emergency trauma centre, health system spokeswoman Sandy Dees said.

The other child and one adult were taken to AnMed Health Medical Center, said spokeswoman Juana Slade.

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