2 teens injured, 1 man found dead in car following separate Colombia shootings

article

COLUMBIA, Md. – Howard County police are investigating a weekend shooting at a shopping center that left two teenagers injured.

According to police, officers were called to the 8800 block of Center Park Drive in Columbia shortly after 9 p.m. on Oct. 12, where they found two boys, ages 16 and 17, suffering from gunshot wounds in the parking lot.

Both victims were transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Beforehand, detectives believed the shooting happened in the mall parking lot. There is no suspicious information at this time.

MORE FROM FOX 5: 5-year-old non-verbal autistic child found dead in Charles County pond

Police say at this time they do not believe the shooting is linked to the death of a man found shot to death in the same parking lot earlier in the morning.

While officers were conducting routine checks in the area of ​​Center Park Drive around 2:15 a.m., they found a man in his 20s dead in a car parked behind an office building. The circumstances of the shooting, including when it occurred, are unknown.

The victim will be identified when his next of kin have been informed, police said.

Investigations into both shootings are ongoing. Anyone with information in either of these cases is asked to contact police at 410-313-STOP or [email protected].