2 dead; 2 arrested in SC nightclub shooting

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Beaufort County sheriff’s deputies say two St. Helena men have been killed and two others have been arrested in a shooting at a nightclub.

Sgt. Robin McIntosh says a shooting occurred at the club about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. One witness estimated more than two dozen shots were fired.

Deputies stopped a vehicle after the shooting and found 33-year-old Dante Kendall Bailey dead in the backseat.

Someone at a nearby home found 26-year-old Michael Douglas Morgan on the steps. Morgan was flown to the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital in Charleston where he died.

Twenty-five-year-old Lucas Miles Morgan has been charged with attempted murder. Twenty-seven-year-old Joseph David Bowers is charged with murder.

It was not clear if the suspects have lawyers.

Two other men were wounded.