CNN’s subsidiary WTOC-TV said the salon was hosting an Easter parade when the gunfire was heard. There were people inside and outside the living room when the shooting started, and some even had to jump into nearby trenches to avoid being hit, the WTOC reported. “It was scary. We were just trying to get to safety,” Jasasi Williams told the WTOC. “We did not know where the shots came from. So we just ran to try to get to safety and then we fell, and we just tried to get to safety because everyone was running and screaming.” The Hampton County Sheriff’s Office has asked the SLED to investigate the shooting, according to the SLED, and additional information will be released as soon as it becomes available. Furman is located about 50 miles north of Savannah, Georgia. There have been two shootings in South Carolina this weekend, with no casualties in either incident since Sunday afternoon. The other mass shooting took place at the Columbiana Center in Columbia. Fourteen people were injured in the shootings and one person was arrested. There was also another shooting in Pittsburgh early Sunday that left two dead and several others injured at a large party. All three shootings also follow a scourge of armed violence that has plagued the United States in recent weeks. To date, there have been more than 130 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
