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 Another party in Edgefield ends in gunfire web posted December 24, 2008 EDGEFIELD – After a series of shooting incidents in Edgefield, police and the town cracked down on the popular party spot “The Center” bringing what they felt was closure to parties that drew the wrong crowds. It worked for a while, until this past weekend when gunfire rang out at a party being held at the Edgefield Gym. Just prior to the gunfire, two groups wearing what seemed to be gang colors squared off in the parking lot around 1 am Saturday. According to police reports, an officer was waiting on a crowd gathered at the gym for a party to disperse watched as a group on one side of the parking lot wearing red shirts began moving towards another group wearing black shirts. As the two groups approached each other a verbal argument escalated and “it appeared as if both groups of subjects were going to fight.” Officers pulled into the parking lot with blue lights on and the two groups began getting into their vehicles to leave. Officers then saw traffic stop on the bridge on Church Street near the cemetery and thought a fight was breaking out. As they approached, a shot rang out. When the officers arrived several people hiding behind headstones in the cemetery said the shots came from a brown vehicle. A brown SUV was spotted traveling at a high rate of speed on Bacon Street and police conducted a stop. The driver and passengers were asked to step out of the SUV and gave consent to search the vehicle. No weapons were found and the group was allowed to continue on their way. Police returned to the scene in an effort to recover a shell casing but failed to locate any evidence. The case is under investigation. After several similar incidents at The Center in October and early November, one man was shot in a drive-by shooting on November 16. He was airlifted to the MCG Trauma Unit for treatment. Gang activity was the focus of an August report after shots rang out at a “back to school” party on Morange Street. ©
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