COLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities have identified a man killed in an overnight shooting outside a Garners Ferry bar as an employee there.

Columbia Police said 33-year-old Wendell F. Sholar was shot and killed following a dispute outside S. Bar and Grill, where he worked.

The department said the shooting happened outside the bar at 7535 Garners Ferry Road and was reported just after midnight on Friday morning. The shooting followed an argument that turned into a fight. Police said the suspect, Bernard Jackson Jr., then pulled a gun and shot Sholar.

Police were in the area and quickly took the suspected shooter into custody. Sholar died at an area hospital.

Police are also investigating a shooting that occurred on Lincoln Street in the Elmwood Park neighborhood. That incident left one dead

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