SAINT HELENA ISLAND, S.C. — Authorities say four people are dead and several are hurt following a shooting at a restaurant and bar in South Carolina's Lowcountry early Sunday morning.

The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office said the county communications center received multiple reports around 1 a.m. of a shooting at Willie's Bar and Grill at 7 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on Saint Helena Island.

The sheriff's office said that arriving deputies found a large crowd of people, several of whom had been shot. Investigators determined that a crowd of hundreds was at the location, and many began running to neighboring businesses as gunfire erupted.

Authorities said several victims were taken to area hospitals, and others showed up on their own for injuries they sustained at the scene. So far

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