Nearby shooting put 2 Beaufort County schools on lockdown

Two Beaufort County public schools, Battery Creek High School and Robert Smalls International Academy, are on modified lockdown Tuesday afternoon as a precautionary measure while Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office investigates a shooting in a neighborhood near Battery Creek’s campus.

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 2:35 p.m. Tuesday about an adult male gunshot victim in the area of Milledge Village Road in Burton, according to an agency news release.

Both schools’ lockdowns began around 2:45 p.m. and were lifted around 3:40 p.m., district spokesman Jim Foster wrote in an email.

There is no immediate public safety threat,” the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Department wrote.

This story will be updated.

This story was originally published February 27, 2018 at 3:26 PM with the headline "Nearby shooting put 2 Beaufort County schools on lockdown."