The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 13, 1982, Image 1
By Rachel Waterhouse
Two USC students said they were
early Friday morning after an ii
restaurant.
The students, ages 19 and 20, saic
minor injuries at Baptist Medical Cer
The students asked not to be idenl
police are searching for suspects in th
THE INCIDENT began between
Friday at Burger King, 1211 College
the students.
The injured students and a third U!
at the restaurant's drive-in windov
behind them became impatient ai
students said. The students exchanj
and drove away from the restaurant,
The students said the men's car fol
Street. The car's occupants started
of Russell House, the students said.
The first shot hit the foot of one of
u/ac hancinc out nf the window, the
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shot went through the back window c
glass and striking another student in
to the students.
THAT'S WHEN the driver (of th<
what was happening," said one of th
After the second shot, the studer
driving and the other car left them. rI
of a Columbia policeman near the I
they said.
The policeman called an ambul
wounded students to the hospital, at
the policeman to file a report, accorc
THE STUDENT who was hit i
stitches for the wound and had m;
glass of the car window falling in on
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One of USC's five Shuttlecocks f
fMursiiicj on Greene Street. Authori
the service began.
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tified, saying Columbia
2:30 a.m. and 3 a.m.
St., according to one of
C1P ctnHpnt u;prp in a car
/ when men in the car
id started yelling, the
led words with the men
lowed them onto Greene
shooting almost in front
the students whose leg
students said. The next
)f the car, shattering the
i the shoulder, according
e students' car) realized
i students.
its said, they continued
'hey caught the attention
^ickens Street overpass, ' "IS car
The shootin
ance that took the two "I felt so
id the driver stayed with off," one sti
ling to the students. tried to get <
Doctors ;
n the shoulder received the foot in
any small cuts from the the bullet,1
him, the students said. more dam
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iicks up a person beside the Williams Brie
ties said drivers now receive better trail
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's back windshield was shattered by gu
g, which happened in front of Russell H
mething hit my foot, but I thought it i
Lident said. "I didn't realize I had been
out of the car, and 1 couldn't walk on my
at Baptist Medical decided to leave th
definitely unless complications occur,
which is lodged near a nerve, could pos<
age. The victim's foot is wrapped an
Shuttlecock drive
year than last, sa
new student coord
? v^tom
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Drivers are trair
and on an obstacle
said both training r
"I just want to ei
are trained and art
Lawrence Steedly
Shuttlecock admii
the driver training
change in the Shut
Last year the
Friday, he said.
Columoia (leiay u
"Please be pati<
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nfire early Friday morning, according
ouse, injured two of the students.
"icocheted crutches.
hit until I "The people at the h(
foot.' from a ,22caJiber pist
e bullet in said.
Removing The students said the
>ibly cause well enough to give a
(1 he is on compact, either a Volks
s c\/Qtom arin
9 oy UlUII! MMW
rove driver s
k tenance
*rs are better trained this sa' '
id Richard Furtick, the Mone;
inator of the Shuttlecock univers
said
led in both the classroom Each
course, Furtick said. He 0i 100 t
net hods are new. buses <
nphasize that our drivers miles p
;safe," Furtick said.
Furti
F TRANSPORTATION ride th<
, who is also new to the The
listration this year, said people
; course is the only major Steedlj
tlecock system this year. people
shuttles had seven ac- PeoPle
AT I
siuuenis wcic jujui*jv4 ! >
said. the ni
em, conceived in 1978 by respon
iolderman, is designed to ^ urtic
rn student parking spaces, ^ Sixt<
' on the periphery of the ur tic
lildings. a
. r and ti
ast one shuttle runs from nicked
dnight Monday through throup
Com
i shuttle runs only during v^hfcl
7:30 a.m. I o y: :<o a.m. ann
3 p.m. Monday through
e
? every 10 to lf> minutes H C
id every 20 to 2!> minutes #
-ksa'd sludei
the schedule varies 'on^e
use traffic problems in
le buses. *
t?nt w ith us," he said theate
Pan*' 1
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LKCOCKS cost about vears.
to operate, Steedly ui
ludes bus rental, main- j[Li'<,ra
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to three USC students.
)spital said the bullet probably came
ol but couldn't be sure." one student
y could not see the men behind them
description but said the car was a
wagen Rabbii or a Toyota.
iDts Drooram
f d
. gasoline, and drivers saiartt^. he
y budgeted for the buses comes fi rm
ity parking fees, tines and tickets. h<
of the five shuttles trave: <;:i average
0 120 miles a da\. Sieouly said. The
iverage three and one-ha .f u five
er gallon, he said
ick said an average ol 2.00 > people
1 shuttle every day
four small shuttles each seat 24
and have a maximum capacity of 30,
i said. The large shuttles hold 40
seated and at capacity can hold 60
e u i H
'IKST, there were only two buses, but
imber is up to five because the
ise to the system has been tfreat,
k said.
ien of the 19 drivers are students ,
k said.
Isosaid anything lust on a Shuttlecock
irneci in 10 U)e Moior rnoi can oe
I up from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
[h Friday.
[plaints about the Shuttlecock should
ected to the Transportation Motor
e Pool, Steedly said
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