North Charleston officer attacked by crowd in viral video after gunfire erupts at block party

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...