Three people were hurt early Friday morning after a fight inside a Summerville restaurant turned into a shooting, according to the Summerville Police Department.
Officers said they were dispatched to the Carolina Ale House at roughly 12:30 a.m. following a report of a physical altercation. That confrontation escalated into gunfire inside the restaurant, leaving three people injured. All three were taken to a nearby hospital, though authorities have not released updates on their conditions.
Several law enforcement agencies responded to assist Summerville police with the investigation once the initial 911 call came in, reflecting how quickly the scene drew a multi-agency response in the middle of the night. Investigators have not released any information describing a suspect or the circumstances that sparked the initial dispute, and no arrests had been announced as of Friday morning.
The restaurant sits along a stretch of Summerville that has seen steady late-night traffic from nearby residential growth, and the shooting adds to a string of incidents this year that have put local police on alert for altercations that spill out of bars and restaurants after midnight. Police have not said whether the victims and the shooter knew each other or whether the incident was isolated to a single dispute.
Anyone with information about what happened before the shooting has not been given a specific tip line by police, though the department said the investigation remains active and that further details would be released once verified.
