Richland County Sheriff’s Department

LEON LOTT
Sheriff

Arrest made club essence shooting

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott Lott announced today the arrest of the man responsible for the shooting at Club Essence over the weekend.

Sheriff Lott states on October 24, 2009 at 2:00 AM Eric Daniel Wise (DOB 11/10/87) fired several shots from his vehicle (a green Chevy Caprice) into a crowd of people at Club Essence located at 8605 Two Notch Road. Wise drove past the location slowly then came back and fired a handgun out of the car wounding a man. The victim sustained a gun shot wound to the lower body and was transported to Richland Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Investigators have learned that Wise drove to the club searching for someone that he had had a dispute with earlier in the evening – Wise fired into the crowd hitting another person.

Wise turned himself in to investigators yesterday evening after seeing the incident air on the news --- Wise was arrested and charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and is currently being held at the Alvin S. Glen Detention Center.


October 27, 2009

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