3 injured in Saturday night shooting on Charleston's peninsula: 'It was chaos' (2024)

Twelve hours after three people were injured in a late-night shooting on Charleston's peninsula, remnants of the bloodshed still marred the peninsula's east side.

Spatters of blood and partial footprints were baked into the hot concrete on South Street, from Drake to America Streets, as sections of yellow crime scene tape separating the space between two apartment buildings at the Wragg Borough Homes public housing complex was still visible after the July 13 shooting.

Officers with the Charleston Police Department were dispatched to America and South streets around 10:40 p.m. on July 13, according to a statement from spokesperson Sgt. Chris Stinson.

One person suffered a graze wound and declined medical assistance, while the other two victims went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Stinson said.Police did not release the identities of the people who were injured.

The suspects fled the scene, and no arrests have been made as of July 14.

One nearby resident, Brandon Green, said he returned home just after the shooting.

"It was chaos," Green said.

He said he wishes the violence would stop. The shooting is just the latest in a recent burst of violence in the city's East Side neighborhood that has seen three gun-related homicides since May.

Richard Warren Jr., 33, died after being shot on July 5 at a Nassau Street home between South and Mary Streets. David Williams, 25, died after being shot on June 10 near a park at a public housing complex on South Street. Derrick Rollerson Sr., 38, and Rashaad Simmons, 34, died after being shot on May 7on Johnson Street between America and Hanover streets.

After the Charleston Police Department investigated a second,unrelated July 5 shooting further north on the peninsula, on North Romney Street, Chief Chito Walker said these senseless acts of violence are devastating.

"It is unacceptable for conflicts to escalate to gunfire," Walker said. "We remain committed to combating violent crime, but we also need the collective support of those in our community to foster conflict resolution skills in our young people. These tragedies are avoidable, and it starts with the values we teach and uphold together.”

Police are asking anyone with information related to the shooting to call them at 843-720-2422.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.