One dead after shooting at Beaufort hotel party

BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV) – A 24-year-old is dead after a shooting at a hotel party in Beaufort Saturday night.

Around 11 p.m., officers with the Beaufort Police Department (BPD) responded to the shooting at 2001 Boundary Street. Upon arrival, they found the young man deceased.

According to BPD, the suspect and victim, who knew each other, started fighting. The suspect threatened to shoot the victim several times.

The victim got in his vehicle, left the hotel and struck a pedestrian. The suspect then started shooting at the victim’s car, firing several rounds before the vehicle got stuck on a curb.