FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – One person is dead and another injured after an early morning shooting in Florence on Christmas Day.
Lt. Mike Brandt with the Florence Police Department says the shooting happened just before 3 a.m. in the 100-block of Liberty Street. Two victims were transported to the hospital for treatment, where one later died.
The Florence County Coroner, Keith von Lutcken says Damian Hunter, 26, of Florence died at the hospital. Another victim from the same incident was injured and taken to the hospital, but is expected to recover. An autopsy for Damian Hunter is scheduled for Tuesday morning at the Medical University of South Carolina.
No other details were immediately available.
The Coroner’s Office will release the name of the victim.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Florence Police Department 843-665-3191 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-274-6372.
