Man shot while sitting in car at Bluffton apartment complex Sunday night, police say
Police are investigating after a 21-year-old Bluffton man was injured in a shooting at an apartment complex on the Bluffton Parkway Sunday night, according to an alert from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called to the Bluestone Apartments around 9 p.m. after reports of shots fired in the area, police said in the alert. Deputies looked but did not find any victims.
Later that night, police got a call from Coastal Carolina Hospital saying a man had walked in requesting treatment for a bullet grazing wound to his head.
Police learned that the man had been sitting in a car in the parking lot of the apartment complex smoking marijuana with three others when someone shot at them, according to Maj. Angela Viens, a spokesperson at the sheriff’s office. The car was found to have several bullet holes in it on Cecil Reynolds Road, according to the alert.
No description of a potential shooter was immediately available, and the investigation is ongoing, Viens said.
Anyone with information regarding this incident may call Sgt. Dario Sosa with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office at 843-255-3435 or Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry at 843-554-1111.
This story was originally published October 10, 2022 at 10:19 AM.
