Deadly shooting in Mount Pleasant
Thursday, March 11, 2010
There are reports that there has been a deadly shooting near Center Street and Ben Sawyer Blvd. The shooting happened at Marsh Grass Apartments. According to Mount Pleasant Police Department spokesman Stan Gragg, one person has been killed and one is at MUSC and a third is at East Cooper Hospital. He said one victim was able to run almost to the old Moultrie News office at 1558 Ben Sawyer Blvd. before collapsing. Gragg said police were notified of the shooting via multiple 911 calls.
Whitesides Elementary, Moultrie Middle, First Baptist and Mount Pleasant Academy schools are on administrative lock down as a precautionary measure. The schools will have regular dismissal times.