SAA event in South Carolina, Columbia area, United States of America on Fri 14th November 2025

On 14 November 2025, at least two armed men at a parking lot near a Planned Parenthood in Columbia (South Carolina) pepper sprayed a man who confronted them, then grappled with and ultimately shot the man. The incident began when the man, who was accompanied by a woman who filmed the incident, argued with one of the armed men, who was wearing a high-visibility vest. The man stood very close to the man in the vest, though he kept his hands in his pockets. In response, the man in the vest pepper-sprayed the man in the face. After being pepper sprayed, the man chased the man in the vest, landing at least one punch and knocking him to the ground. A separate individual who was not wearing a high-visibility vest pulled the man off of the man on the ground and put him in a headlock. A second man in a high-visibility vest then drew his pistol and yelled 'freeze.' The man on the ground freed himself from the headlock and struggled to his feet, then threw another punch at the man who had pepper sprayed him, who had also drawn a pistol. One of the two armed men then shot him. The shooter was arrested and one person was brought to the hospital in stable condition. Employees at the Planned Parenthood said they recognized the men in the vests as people who regularly protest against abortion in the same location.