Greenville Mayor Allen Thomas praised the quick work of the officers. "I heard him shoot his gun like twice, then it was like full on 40 or 50 shots and it didn't break." "Anyone who was in his way, he shot them." "He did not care who was in his way," he said. Justin Lawler said he was working at a fireworks stand outside when he saw the shooter. "I’m glad to see they came out of it unscathed and prevented further horrible violence." They went right for the threat, engaged it and neutralized it. That’s exactly what they did without regard for their own safety. "The way we train now is, literally, the first officers on the scene go to the threat. "If we had responded the way police used to respond to active shooters, we would’ve had more victims," he said. The incident was over within a matter of minutes, and Aden praised the quick response of his officers. Investigators haven't yet determined if the shooting spree was random or if any of the victims were targeted. I don’t know how many but enough to do significant damage," he said. "I personally saw multiple shotgun rounds. In addition to a shotgun, the gunman had multiple rounds of ammunition in a satchel, Aden said. The incident started just before noon at the Kellum Law Firm, at 205 Greenville Blvd. "It does appear to be a fairly straightforward, horrific active-shooter incident," Aden said. Greenville Police Chief Hassan Aden said officers found the suspected gunman outside the store and exchanged gunfire with him near the entrance, wounding him several times.Īll four victims and the suspect were undergoing surgery Friday afternoon at Vidant Medical Center, and their conditions weren't known. A man armed with a shotgun wounded one person at a Greenville law firm Friday before crossing a busy street to a Walmart, where three more people were shot and wounded, police said.
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