By JOHN C. DRAKE
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C.- A gunman opened fire at a fraternity party in a banquet hall across the street from the South Carolina Captiol early Saturday, wounding five people.
None of the injuries was believed to be life-threatening, but at least one victim was hospitalized in intensive care, authorities said.
No arrests had been made.
A man who had been kicked out of the party after an argument went to his car and returned with a gun ju st after 1 a.m., said police Sgt. Florence McCants.
Witnesses said the gunman shot into the crowd and at the mirrored ceiling of the rented banquet hall on the ground floor of an office building, according to a police report. The man then left but returned with three other people, who shot at the building from the outside, damaging windows, witnesses told police.
There were at least three private security guards at the crowded party. Police did not know how many guests were there and did identify the fraternity that sponsored it.
The shooting caused about $28,000 in damage to the 25-story Capitol Center office building.