Home of mother and daughter shot at by 5 suspects

5 assailants shot up a Spartanburg, South Carolina home, officers say

THIS IS WYFF NEWS FOUR TODAY. COMING UP, FIRST RESPONDERS HONORED AT HALFTIME FOR FIGHTING THE CLINTON FIRE. PLUS, TRIPLE A AND AN UPSTATE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WORKING TO PREVENT CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS. THAT’S ALL COMING UP. GOOD MORNING. I’M PEYTON FURTADO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE. 7:00 SUNDAY MORNING. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER RIGHT NOW. THIS IS OUR LAKE HARTWELL SKYCAM. IT’S NICE AND COOL OUT THERE. OH, WOW. GORGEOUS. I’M SORRY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE’RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SEE THE SKY. EVERYTHING LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. 69 DEGREES OUT THERE. GOSH, IT WOULD BE A NICE DAY TO BE OUT IN THE WATER. I FEEL LIKE WE’VE GOT PARELLA LEWIS IN THE STUDIO WITH US. PARELLA. I KNOW IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF FALL. ARE WE EXPECTING THOSE FALL LIKE TEMPERATURES TODAY? I WISH I COULD TELL YOU, YES, BUT THE ANSWER, OF COURSE, IS NO. WE WERE JOKING EARLIER. IT’S HOT. RIGHT? THE FIRST DAY OF FALL. BUT IT’S GOING TO BE HOT TODAY. GOING INTO THE UPPER 80S TO RIGHT AROUND 90 DEGREES. SO LAKE HARTWELL, THAT WILL BE A NICE TRIP IF YOU HAPPEN TO HEAD UP THERE. AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY, IT WILL BE NICE. HEY, 61 DEGREES IN FRANKLIN, RIGHT NOW. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. 66 IN HARTWELL. ALREADY AT 70 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE AS WE TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE, WE’RE DRY LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR RADAR SHOWING DRY CONDITIONS. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. FOR SOME OF US, ONLY THE UPPER 80S, WHICH IS WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. I THINK MANY OF US, THOUGH, WILL REACH INTO ABOUT 9091 THIS AFTERNOON, MAYBE EVEN 92 OR 93. THAT’S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE UPSTATE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, WE’RE GOING TO GO FROM THE 70S INTO THE 80S, AND WE WILL EVENTUALLY TOP OUT IN THE MID 80S AGAIN WITH A LOT OF SUNSHINE. AND THEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS RETURN TO THE AREA. EVEN BETTER CHANCES AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK. WE’LL TAKE A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THAT PART OF YOUR FORECAST AND THE TROPICS TOO. COMING UP. THANK YOU. PARELLA. WE’VE GOT SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY THIS MORNING WHERE OFFICIALS SAY A WOMAN HAS DIED IN A CRASH. THE CORONER SAYS THIS WAS AROUND 9:00 LAST NIGHT ON COUNTRY CLUB ROAD AT BURNET DRIVE IN GREER. AND THEY SAY A VAN WAS TRAVELING EAST ON COUNTRY CLUB ROAD WHEN IT WENT OFF THE ROADWAY AND HIT A TREE. ACCORDING TO THE CORONER, A WOMAN IN THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT WAS NOT WEARING HER SEAT BELT AND SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. WE DON’T KNOW WHO THIS PERSON WAS AT THIS POINT. AND BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING, GEORGIA DNR CONFIRMS SOMEONE DROWNED IN LAKE HARTWELL IN STEVENS COUNTY, GEORGIA. THIS WAS SOMETIME YESTERDAY. NOW THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO RELEASE MORE INFORMATION SOMETIME TODAY. WE’RE KEEPING TABS ON THAT. WE’RE GOING TO BRING YOU THAT INFORMATION ON AIR AND ONLINE. AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT. AND WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING SOME NATIONAL BREAKING NEWS WHERE MULTIPLE GUNMEN ARE BELIEVED TO BE ON THE RUN AFTER A MASS SHOOTING IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD. FOUR HAVE LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. DOZENS OF PEOPLE SHOT. THE FBI AND ATF ARE ALSO JOINING THIS INVESTIGATION. EMMA OWENS FROM OUR SISTER STATION REPORTS FROM THAT SCENE THIS MORNING, AND SHE SHARES THE LATEST IN THE INVESTIGATION. NOW, POLICE SAY THE DOZENS OF VICTIMS WHO WERE SHOT HERE LAST NIGHT WERE IN THE ROAD OR ON THE SIDEWALKS WHEN THOSE SHOTS WERE FIRED. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, THIS IS A VERY POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT HERE IN BIRMINGHAM. THESE STREETS ARE USUALLY VERY CROWDED HERE ON THE WEEKENDS. NOW AGAIN, FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD, FOUR OTHERS ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES. DOZENS SHOT IN TOTAL. THE SHOOTERS ARE STILL ON THE RUN THIS MORNING. NOW, AS FOR OTHER QUESTIONS, POLICE ARE LOOKING TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW WHETHER THE SUSPECTS RAN UP OR DROVE BY DURING THE SHOOTING. ALSO, WHETHER OR NOT GLOCK SWITCHES WERE USED. WE ARE INVESTIGATING THAT THERE’S MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS AND WE ARE INVESTIGATING THAT THERE POSSIBLY WAS A SWITCH USE, WHICH GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. WE GET ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO HAS THAT IN THEIR ARSENAL OFF OF OUR STREETS. THAT WAS OFFICER TRUMAN FITZGERALD WITH THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW, AS POLICE INVESTIGATE THIS CASE, THEY ARE PLEADING WITH THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN THIS AREA WHO MAY HAVE CAPTURED WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT ON SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE. BACK TO YOU. IN GREENVILLE, POLICE SAY ONE MAN WAS INJURED AFTER A SHOOTING AT BERKELEY POINT APARTMENTS YESTERDAY. GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE SHOOTING WAS AROUND 6.30 YESTERDAY EVENING. THEY SAY THEY FOUND A MAN IN A VEHICLE WITH AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND. INVESTIGATORS SAY NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AT THIS POINT. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT. AND THE LAWRENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING AS WELL. THEY SAY THIS ONE HAPPENED ON SOUTH HARPER STREET. THEY DO HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY, THOUGH. WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE VICTIMS JUST YET. INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS POINT. AND AGAIN IN GREENVILLE, POLICE SAY AN ARMED ROBBER HELD UP A GAS STATION. THIS WAS AT A CIRCLE K GAS STATION ON HAYWOOD ROAD AROUND SIX YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE DID NOT SAY IF ANYONE WAS INJURED DURING THAT ROBBERY. THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SUSPECT AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE POLICE SAY A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND INJURING A POLICE OFFICER WAS FOUND DEAD AFTER A SECOND OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, OFFICIALS SAY LEE COUNTY K-9 MICAH WAS KILLED AND AN OFFICER WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. NO UPDATE ON THAT OFFICER’S CONDITION AT THIS POINT. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY SPENT SEVERAL HOURS SEARCHING FOR 27 YEAR OLD ALSTON MODLIN JUST AFTER 10:00 FRIDAY MORNING. SLED ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD BEEN FOUND. POLICE SAY WHEN THE SUSPECT WAS FOUND, SHOTS WERE FIRED AND INVESTIGATORS SAY MODLIN DIED AFTER THAT SHOOTING. WE’RE TOLD BOTH INCIDENTS ARE NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND IN CLINTON, A LOCAL COLLEGE IS HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS FOR PUTTING OUT A FIRE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A WHOLE LOT MORE DAMAGE TO THEIR COMMUNITY. OUR JAMYA JAMYA WAS THERE AND HAS THIS STORY. PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SAY THANK YOU AT THEIR FOOTBALL GAME TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO KEEP THEM SAFE, NO MATTER THE TASK. WE WERE JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT DUE TO THEIR HARD WORK, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TO SAVE AS MANY BUILDINGS AS WE AS WE CAN. PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, ALONG WITH THE CLINTON COMMUNITY, PAID TRIBUTE TO 31 AGENCIES THROUGHOUT LAURENS COUNTY AND THE UPSTATE. OUR STUDENTS HAVE WRITTEN THEM LETTERS. THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT PASSED A RESOLUTION THANKING THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR THE TOWN. ON AUGUST 27TH. THEY TOOK OUT A FIRE THAT DESTROYED SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN CLINTON. THE COLLEGE CHOSE TO SPOTLIGHT THEM DURING HALFTIME AT THEIR FOOTBALL GAME. WELL, WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GREAT WAY BECAUSE IT’S A COMMUNITY EVENT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME, SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT THEY ARE LOVED AND AND HONORED BY US. AND FIREFIGHTERS TELL US IT’S JUST SIMPLY THE JOB. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO WORK EVERY DAY, YOU DON’T EXPECT TO HAVE TO GET INTO SOMETHING THAT BIG, LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. BUT WHEN THE TONES GO OUT, THE CALLS COME OUT WE GO. WE DON’T REALLY THINK OF IT AS BEING A HERO. IT’S JUST SOMETHING WE LOVE TO DO, AND WE JUST LOVE TO JUMP INTO ACTION AND HELP PEOPLE. BUT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THEIR COMMUNITY MATTERS. IT’S NOT SOMETHING WE LOOK FOR THE THANKS AND THE RECOGNITION. SO IT’S KIND OF A BIG DEAL FOR THIS, FOR FOR US TO BE HONORED LIKE THIS. I KNOW SOMETIMES WE DON’T GET THANK YOU. SO WHEN WE DO GET A THANK YOU, IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO WATCH FOOTBALL. SO WHO LOVES FOOTBALL. EVERYBODY. RIGHT. IN CLINTON, JAMYA JAMYA WYFF NEWS FOUR A GREENVILLE NATIVE AND AWARD WINNING SINGER WAS HONORED AT UNITY PARK YESTERDAY. OFFICIALS UNVEILED A MURAL OF PEABO BRYSON. THREE ARTISTS RAMIN STALLINGS, FAITH HUDGENS AND ORLANDO CARINO ALL WORKED ON THIS TO CREATE TO CREATE THIS MURAL ON A WALL. AT THE COMMENTS. TODAY IS A DAY OF DAYS, AND THIS MURAL WILL ALWAYS STAND AS A REFLECTION OF A LIFELONG COMMITMENT AND LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN PEABO BRYSON AND THE CITY OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. BRYSON HAS WON A GRAMMY AND AN ACADEMY AWARD AND ALSO IN GREENVILLE SAINT MARY MAGDALENE CATHOLIC CHURCH HOSTED THEIR 13TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL YESTERDAY. THE EVENT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND THERE IS LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, FOOD AND GAMES FOR THE KIDDOS. THE REALITY IS THAT WE ARE SO BLESSED TO BE WITH SO DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE WORLD, AND THE MAIN MESSAGE THAT I SAID THIS MORNING IN OUR OPENING CEREMONY IS TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE LORD FOR ALL THOSE BLESSINGS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE LORD COMING TO US. AND THAT EVENT WAS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. ANOTHER EVENT YESTERDAY, TRIPLE A, PARTNERED WITH THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO HOST A FREE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ANTI-THEFT EVENT. THIS WAS HELD ON TANNER ROAD. PEOPLE BROUGHT THEIR OWN CATALYTIC CONVERTERS TO BE ETCHED WITH AN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. THAT’S BECAUSE IT MAKES IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TRACK WHETHER OR NOT IT’S BEEN STOLEN FOR SIX MONTHS THIS YEAR, THERE WERE OVER 3800 INSURANCE CLAIMS ON STOLEN CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, WHICH AMOUNTED TO A LITTLE OVER $11 MILLION WORTH OF INSURANCE CLAIMS IN THE NATION. WHILE THIS EVENT SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT, THOSE HOSTING IT ALSO OFFERED CAR MAINTENANCE ON SITE. LATER THIS MORNING ON. FOR THE RECORD, WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOUNG VOTERS. WHAT’S PUSHING YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE POLLS THIS FALL AND WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THEY THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THIS YEAR. ONE ISSUE DISCUSSED PAYING FOR COLLEGE. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS TRIED TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO ASSIST WITH THIS, AND THEY’VE DONE A LOT. IT HAS NOT IMPACTED AS MANY PEOPLE AS I KNOW. HE WOULD HAVE HOPED, BUT PART A LARGE PART OF THAT IS HE’S BEEN BLOCKED BY THE REPUBLICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM. SO AS MUCH AS WE’D LIKE TO DO, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE, BUT THEY’RE STILL MAKING INROADS. I CERTAINLY DO SOMETIMES FEEL VERY STRESSED OUT ABOUT STUDENT LOANS, SINCE I HAVE THEM MYSELF. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY THEM BACK, AND I THINK WE SHOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHY THEY’RE EVEN NECESSARY TO BEGIN WITH. I MEAN, FOR ONE THING, COLLEGE HAS GOTTEN ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS, AND THE JOIN US THIS MORNING AT 1130 FOR THE FULL CONVERSATION W

5 assailants shot up a Spartanburg, South Carolina home, officers say

The Spartanburg Police Department is investigating a shooting after five assailants were spotted on video surveillance shooting into a home of a mother and daughter.(Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines)Officers responded to a home on Westmoreland Street within Spartanburg, South Carolina city limits regarding a shooting around 8:35 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21.When officers arrived, they observed the glass was shattered and a bullet was lodged in the top frame of the storm door of the home.According to the homeowner’s statement to police, she was in the living room at the time of the shooting and heard multiple gunshots. The woman laid on the ground until the shooting stopped and then immediately went to her daughter’s bedroom to check on her. The mother stated her daughter was laying in bed during the incident, but she was not injured.The woman added this was the second time an incident like this happened in the last six months, but she did not know who would do this. She said after the shooting she did not hear any voices, vehicles leave the area, or see anyone, the incident report stated.The officer observed gunfire damage to the window near the front door, a bullet hole through the front door, and multiple bullet holes in the daughter’s bedroom, including a small bullet hole in a “Little Mermaid” picture frame directly above the head of her bed. The daughter stated she heard multiple gunshots, and as the wall behind her was hit with gunshots, debris fell onto her.One of the victim’s neighbors caught the shooting on video surveillance. In the video, the officer observed five assailants firing unknown firearms at the home. Four of the five suspects were wearing dark clothing at the time of the shooting and the fifth was possibly wearing all gray. The officer stated all five suspects fled the area on foot heading south on the street. According to the incident report, over 20 shells were recovered at the scene, most of which are 9 mm.Officers said there is no description of the suspects, but officials believe the homeowner’s grandson may have been the target of the shooting. No additional information is available at this time.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. —

The Spartanburg Police Department is investigating a shooting after five assailants were spotted on video surveillance shooting into a home of a mother and daughter.

(Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines)

Officers responded to a home on Westmoreland Street within Spartanburg, South Carolina city limits regarding a shooting around 8:35 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21.

When officers arrived, they observed the glass was shattered and a bullet was lodged in the top frame of the storm door of the home.

According to the homeowner’s statement to police, she was in the living room at the time of the shooting and heard multiple gunshots. The woman laid on the ground until the shooting stopped and then immediately went to her daughter’s bedroom to check on her. The mother stated her daughter was laying in bed during the incident, but she was not injured.

The woman added this was the second time an incident like this happened in the last six months, but she did not know who would do this. She said after the shooting she did not hear any voices, vehicles leave the area, or see anyone, the incident report stated.

The officer observed gunfire damage to the window near the front door, a bullet hole through the front door, and multiple bullet holes in the daughter’s bedroom, including a small bullet hole in a “Little Mermaid” picture frame directly above the head of her bed.

The daughter stated she heard multiple gunshots, and as the wall behind her was hit with gunshots, debris fell onto her.

One of the victim’s neighbors caught the shooting on video surveillance. In the video, the officer observed five assailants firing unknown firearms at the home. Four of the five suspects were wearing dark clothing at the time of the shooting and the fifth was possibly wearing all gray. The officer stated all five suspects fled the area on foot heading south on the street.

According to the incident report, over 20 shells were recovered at the scene, most of which are 9 mm.

Officers said there is no description of the suspects, but officials believe the homeowner’s grandson may have been the target of the shooting.

No additional information is available at this time.

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