One person dead following shooting incident in South Carolina

SOUTH CAROLINA — A Gaffney man is dead following a shooting early Sunday morning outside a downtown nightclub, according to Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler.

The victim, identified as 46-year-old Joshua Wood, was brought to Cherokee Medical Center by private vehicle at 1:20 a.m. with multiple gunshot wounds. He was later transferred to Spartanburg Medical Center, where he died during surgery at 4:13 a.m.

Authorities say the shooting occurred during an argument between Wood and another man in a parking lot across from an event hall on West Birnie Street, where Peach Festival activities were taking place…

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