CLINTON, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Department says a gunman and a health systems police officer have been wounded by gunfire inside a hospital.
The shooting occurred at about 2 a.m. Thursday at Laurens County Memorial Hospital in Clinton. SLED spokesman Thom Berry says the suspect was being treated when he shot the officer and tried to flee.
The officer returned fire. Their conditions are unclear. This was the second shooting inside a South Carolina hospital in two days.
