From staff reports
Two more shootings took place in northern Beaufort County last week in a summer increasingly marked by gun violence.
According to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), shortly after 10:30 p.m., Thursday, July 20, deputies responded to Archie Sumpter Road in Sheldon in response to reports of gunfire.
Two neighboring residences were struck by bullets that had been fired from the road.
A 16-year-old who was sitting on the couch in one of the homes was struck by a bullet that penetrated the walls. He was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening injury and has since been released.
Then, according to the BCSO, deputies were dispatched at 11:25 p.m., Saturday, July 22, to an address on Stanley Road in Burton in response to a man who had been shot.
Deputies found an 18-year-old Burton man suffering from a single gunshot wound on the back porch of the residence. Sheriff’s investigators and K-9 tracking teams responded.
The teen was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital and later to the Medical University of South Carolina.
Anyone with information about the Burton incident is encouraged to contact Staff Sergeant Todd Duncan at 843-255-3418. Anyone with information about the Sheldon case is encouraged to call Lieutenant Calhoun at 843-255-3704.
Those wishing to remain anonymous for a possible reward, call Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry at 843-554-1111.
