WASHINTON:At least two persons were killed and eight others injured in a nightclub shooting in the US state of South Carolina on Sunday, authorities said.
The shooting took place just before 2 a.m. (local time) in the city of Greenville when Greenville County Sheriff's deputies saw a large commotion outside the nightclub and called for backup due to active gunfire from inside the building, the local sheriff's spokesperson Jimmy Bolt told media.
The nightclub was hosting a "very, very, very, large crowd" for a concert when the shooting erupted, Sheriff Hobart Lewis said in an interview with a local media outlet, Xinhua reported.
That was a direct violation of Governor Henry McMaster's executive order restricting nightclubs and any type of concert due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The eight injured people are in "various conditions, " Lewis added.
The authorities are looking for at least two suspects, and possibly more, in the shooting, according to a report.
The Sheriff's Office said no one is currently in custody and police are actively investigating the shooting.