Holly Hill, South Carolina, Mass Murder: Four Dead, One Critically Wounded

A Holly Hill, South Carolina, mass murder has local police scrambling to find a Mercedes stolen from the horrific scene in hopes of finding the killer. Two adults and two children were found murdered in their Orangeburg County home early Wednesday morning. One child, an 8-year-old boy with critical wounds, was airlifted from the home.

The Holly Hill mass murder victims include two young girls, aged 12 and 17. The children were found shot to death inside their South Carolina home. Holly Hill is approximately 60 miles northwest of Charleston, and located near the intersection of Interstates 95 and 26.

Orangeburg County law enforcement officers are currently searching for a 1990s green Mercedes, which may have been stolen by the suspect, according to ABC News 4.

“We will not rest until we arrest the person who killed these individuals,” Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said during a press conference to update the public about the mass murder.

Holly Hill police were called to Old State Road around 7 a.m. after a passerby called 911. The individual thought gun shots had sounded, and felt someone was inside the home where the sounds originated.

Upon entering the home, South Carolina police officer found two adults, a man and a woman, and the two girls dead, and the little boy significantly wounded. The identities of the family have not yet been released to the public. Neither the relationship of the adults to the children, nor the age of the man and woman, have been released, according to a WCSC report.

No description of the unknown suspect, or possibly suspects, has yet been shared with the public, only the description of the Mercedes has been released. A multitude of law enforcement officers and vehicles lined both sides of the highway near the Holly Hill home after the responding officers arrived at the scene and presumably called for additional aid.

The Holly Hill home, where the mass murder occurred, is reportedly located behind a string of pine trees along US. 176. No other homes are located near the crime scene.

Check back with the Inquisitr for more details about this breaking news story out of Holly Hill, South Carolina, as additional details become available.

[Image via: WCSC screengrab]