UPDATED at 4:00 PM: ACTIVE SHOOTER
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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Aug 24 2017 12:50 PM
CHARLESTON SC: An active shooter was reported in downtown Charleston, S.C., Thursday afternoon, prompting multiple roads to be blocked as police rush to the scene.
The "active shooter situation" was reported on King Street just after 12 p.m. Charleston police said the area has been blocked and asked residents to avoid the area.
Witnesses told The Post and Courier the gunman went inside the restaurant Virginia's. Tom and Patsy Plant, who were eating lunch in a restaurant, said a man came into the kitchen with a loaded gun and said, "There's a new boss in town." The couple escaped the restaurant through the back door.
UPDATED @ 4:00 PM
A hostage situation in a South Carolina restaurant Thursday has ended after police shot the gunman, according to officials.
One person was held hostage in the restaurant, Virginia's on King, and has been safely rescued from the building, the Charleston Police Department
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