# Man charged in South Carolina bar shooting that killed four and injured 15
Authorities in South Carolina charged a 27-year-old man with murder after a mass shooting at a St. Helena Island bar left four people dead and 15 injured.
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On 2025-11-14, authorities in Beaufort County, South Carolina, said Anferny Freeman, 27, was charged in connection with a mass shooting at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island that killed four people and injured 15 others. The evidence packet says Freeman was already in jail on a machine-gun possession charge when investigators served the new warrants.
The report places the shooting in the early hours of Oct. 12 during a 25th high school reunion party for Battery Creek High School alumni. Around 350 people were at the gathering when gunfire broke out, turning a celebratory event into a major crime scene and leaving investigators with a large number of witnesses and potential angles to sort through.
The victims were identified by the Beaufort County Coroner’s Office as Kashawn Glaze, Chiraad Smalls, A’shan’tek Milledge and Amos Gary. The source says all four died from gunshot wounds. It also says Freeman was shot in the stomach and taken to hospital before later being jailed.
Officials told reporters that investigators believe more than one person fired shots. The sheriff said evidence from bullets, shell casings, videos and interviews indicated a third shooter was involved, and he expected more arrests. That detail matters because it means the murder charge against Freeman may not represent the end of the case.
The supplied article also says a judge denied Freeman bond and that jail and court records did not list a lawyer for him at the time. It further notes that the sheriff described the shooters as firing indiscriminately and said witnesses eventually began cooperating after earlier silence.
Although the case is rooted in a local bar shooting, it has wider significance for the community on St. Helena Island, where Willie's Bar and Grill is described as a Gullah-inspired business and a community fixture. The report notes that the sheriff was also pursuing nuisance proceedings against the bar, adding a separate layer of controversy around the venue.
What is not needed here is speculation about the exact sequence of shots or which weapon each person used. The confirmed facts are enough: a crowded reunion party, four dead, 15 injured, one suspect charged with four counts of murder and investigators saying more charges are likely.
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