Crime & Safety

Deputies Investigating Drive-By Shooting

The shooting happened on Hilo Street off Leesburg Road Thursday night.

Richland County deputies are investigating a drive-by shooting that left one person injured Thursday night. 

Deputies say two groups of people got into an argument around 11 p.m. on Hilo Street off Leesburg Road.

Two of the people then left the area in what deputies say was possibly a creme-colored Mitsubishi Galant. They drove back by a few minutes later and fired shots. 

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One of the bullets grazed a man. He was treated by EMS for non-life-threatening injuries. 

Bullets also struck two vehicles and a trash can.

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