Two Aiken men are facing trespassing and firearms charges after a Columbia County school was placed on a soft lockdown Friday.
Aaron Lott, 17, of Aiken, is charged with trespassing, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm on school property.
William Jeremiah Hawkins, 18, of Aiken, is charged with possession of a firearm while on school property, criminal trespass and pointing a firearm at another.
Police said Hawkins and Lott and two other male individuals of "adult age" were picked up from a residence on Palm Drive in Aiken by the Aiken Department of Public Safety following an incident in Columbia County on Friday morning that started with a video on a social media app called SnapChat, said Public Safety Lt. Jake Mahoney.
No charges have been filed against the other two individuals involved.
Hawkins posted a series of SnapChat videos of a handgun being discharged from a vehicle, according to a Columbia County Sheriff's Office press release.
In other SnapChat posts, Hawkins stated he was in Augusta, in the Lakeside High School parking lot and in the Lakeside High School cafeteria, according to the report.
Mahoney said that Aiken County Sheriff Michael Hunt received a call from an unidentified person who saw the video, and Hunt called Columbia County Sheriff Clay Whittle.
One witness told police a white male in a dark colored Chevrolet Avalanche pointed a weapon at him while students were on the bus at Old Evans Road near Bobby Jones Expressway, the report stated.
Police said no direct threats were made to any particular school, but out of caution, all area schools were put on lockdown.
The suspects were tracked using a cellphone that led police to Aiken, according to the report.
Mahoney told the Aiken Standard the individuals appear to be involved in crimes in both Columbia and Aiken counties, turning the investigation into a joint investigation.