By Associated Press - Monday, December 18, 2017

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man has been shot and killed in a South Carolina bar.

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department says the shooting happened around 2 a.m. Sunday at a bar in West Columbia.

Coroner Margaret Fisher said 41-year-old Rodney T. Leak of Columbia died at the scene.



Sheriff Jay Koon says several men went into the bar at closing time and a shootout followed. No other injuries have been reported.

The sheriff’s department says no arrests have been made.

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