Teen shot outside birthday party in Anderson

Photo by David Rogers

Anderson City Police officers along with Anderson County Sheriffs deputies investigate a shooting incident early Sunday morning.

ANDERSON COUNTY — A 16-year-old girl was treated and released from AnMed Health Medical Center Sunday after she was shot in the forehead outside of a birthday party.

The shooting occurred at 3025 N. Main St. outside a Quality Inn at 12:15 a.m., said Randall Williams, a spokesman for the City of Anderson Police Department. The bullet grazed the 16-year-old’s head and she received two stitches. She ran across the street and to McDonald’s before she was picked up by an EMS unit, he said.

The 16-year-old was at a birthday party being held by a male juvenile in the hotel’s banquet hall before fights started outside and shots rang out, Williams said. There were at least three groups involved in fights at the hotel.

“It is an active investigation,” Williams said. “We attempting to determine who fired the shots.”

A second juvenile was assaulted before being treated and released Sunday from AnMed.

Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said officials from his department responded to the scene. The City of Anderson Police Department and MedShore EMS were also at the scene, Williams said.

Members of the Gang Task Force, a joint entity between the city police and sheriff’s office, are investigating the incident.

Williams said he could not say whether it was a gang-related incident.