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Washington (People's Daily) -- A shooting at a crowded bar in Lancaster, South Carolina, early Saturday has left two people dead and nine injured, according to local authorities.

Gunfire erupted at around 2:45am at the Old Skool Sports Bar & Grill, according to the Lancaster County sheriff's office.

Two men were killed at the scene and eight others were injured in the shooting, four of them airlifted to a hospital. Another person was injured in a fall as patrons tried to flee the bar.