Police: Intruders Invade Pineview Home with Axes

Goose Creek Police launched a manhunt Thursday afternoon after a Pineview resident said two men, armed with a hatchet and an axe, invaded his house on Wilmer Drive.

The incident sparked a locked down of nearby Westview Elementary, Middle and Primary schools.

Goose Creek Police responded to the home at around 12:29 p.m. Thursday, after the resident had fled to a neighboring business. The intruders had already left the residence. Police set up a perimeter and had a canine search the area, but no suspects were found.

The suspects have been described as two black men wearing black, hooded shirts and ski masks. One carried a hatchet and the other carried an axe.

The resident was not injured in the incident. 

Capt. John Grainger said the incident is not being investigated as related to the shooting earlier this week, allegedly perpetrated by two black men in an apparent robbery.