A viral video shows multiple people attacking a North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer during a chaotic response to a permitted Fourth of July block party where authorities say gunfire erupted and multiple officers were assaulted.The North Charleston Police Department said the confrontation unfolded after officers responded to a permitted neighborhood block party in the Chicora-Cherokee community at about 8:30 p.m.on July 4.Officers received reports of people firing fireworks toward passing vehicles before learning that several attendees had begun discharging firearms.FEDS DISMANTLE ALLEGED GUN TRAFFICKING RING THAT FUNNELED DOZENS OF FIREARMS FROM GEORGIA TO CHICAGO GANGSNorth Charleston Police released a photo showing four handguns and other evidence recovered during a chaotic July 4 response to a permitted neighborhood block party in the Chicora-Cherokee community.
(North Charleston Police Department)Police repeatedly announced that the event had ended and instructed attendees to leave the area in an effort to de-escalate the situation.Despite those efforts, multiple fights broke out and additional gunshots were fired, prompting officers to exit their patrol vehicles to separate those involved and restore order.During the response, multiple officers were assaulted, including two female officers who suffered minor injuries.The department also released photographs showing multiple handguns and what it described as a makeshift spear recovered at the scene.AMERICA'S WOUNDED COPS FIND HOPE, HEALING AND SECOND CHANCE THROUGH OFFICERS WHO REFUSE TO LEAVE THEM BEHINDNorth Charleston Police released a photo of what the department described as a makeshift spear recovered during its response to a July 4 incident in the Chicora-Cherokee community.
(North Charleston Police Department)Police told Fox News Digital investigators are still working to determine whether any of the recovered firearms were discharged and whether the makeshift spear was used during the ass...