BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office has charged six men and an underage teen after receiving reports of men carrying firearms at a public recreation park.

Elijah Johnson, 20; Treyvion Doe, 20; Joshua Warren, 20; Damian Brown, 19; Jakyri Sterling,18; and Nyzen Bennett, 18, were all arrested on charges of contributing to the deliquency of a minor, deputies say.

A 17-year-old, whose name and booking photo were not released because of his age, was detained for possession of a firearm by a person unlawfully, the sheriff’s office said in a release.

Deputies seized multiple firearms during the incident.

The sheriff’s office responded to the Scott Hill Community Center on Scott Hill Road on St. Helena Island, where they saw several young men with weapons near th

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