A man who is hospitalized with a gunshot wound will be charged as soon as he is released, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.Deputies responded to a shooting early Wednesday at Element 91 at 91 Halton Road, near Interstate 385 and Woodruff Road.Dispatchers said a call reporting the shooting at the nightclub came in just before 1:30 a.m.When deputies arrived at the club, they found a man, later identified as Richard Allen Pou, lying in the parking lot of the club with at least one gunshot wound. Pou was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Investigators said they learned Pou had been kicked out of the club for fighting. They said after being kicked out, Pou went to his vehicle and retrieved a handgun. He was seen by a security guard with the handgun running back towards the front of the club. An armed security guard confronted Pou and told him drop the gun. Deputies said Pou did not comply with the commands and pointed the handgun at the security guard. The report said because the security guard was in fear of his safety and others around him, he fired at Pou striking him at least one time. Pou was charged with pointing and presenting a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. Deputies said that when Pou is released from the hospital, he will be transported to the detention center.

A man who is hospitalized with a gunshot wound will be charged as soon as he is released, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded to a shooting early Wednesday at Element 91 at 91 Halton Road, near Interstate 385 and Woodruff Road.


Dispatchers said a call reporting the shooting at the nightclub came in just before 1:30 a.m.

When deputies arrived at the club, they found a man, later identified as Richard Allen Pou, lying in the parking lot of the club with at least one gunshot wound. Pou was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators said they learned Pou had been kicked out of the club for fighting. They said after being kicked out, Pou went to his vehicle and retrieved a handgun. He was seen by a security guard with the handgun running back towards the front of the club.

An armed security guard confronted Pou and told him drop the gun. Deputies said Pou did not comply with the commands and pointed the handgun at the security guard. The report said because the security guard was in fear of his safety and others around him, he fired at Pou striking him at least one time.

Pou was charged with pointing and presenting a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Deputies said that when Pou is released from the hospital, he will be transported to the detention center.