One man hospitalized after Friday afternoon shooting in Bluffton, police say

One man was injured in a shooting Friday in Bluffton, according to Bluffton Police Department Capt. Joe Babkiewicz.

The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. on Brendan Lane, a few blocks from Old Town Bluffton.

The man with a gunshot wound was transported to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah by ambulance, Babkiewicz said Saturday.

“We don’t know the extent of his injuries,” he said.

According to a Friday evening news release, police determined there was no threat to the public following the shooting.

Babkiewicz said the shooting was “not a random act,” and the public “was not in jeopardy.”

The Bluffton Police Department is “following up on some leads” relating to the shooting, he said Saturday.

Katherine Kokal

The Island Packet

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Katherine Kokal graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and joined The Island Packet newsroom in 2018. Before moving to the Lowcountry, she worked as an interviewer and translator at a nonprofit in Barcelona and at two NPR member stations. At The Island Packet, Katherine covers Hilton Head Island’s government, environment, development, beaches and the all-important Loggerhead Sea Turtle. She has earned South Carolina Press Association Awards for in-depth reporting, government beat reporting, business beat reporting, growth and development reporting, food writing and for her use of social media.