COLUMBIA, MD — One person was fatally shot and six others injured at an illegal car rally held in Columbia early Monday morning.
Howard County police officers were called to a parking garage located in the 6700 block of Alexander Bell Drive around 5:27 a.m. Monday for a report of a shooting.
Officers found one man dead at the scene and a woman was taken from the parking garage to the hospital with injuries not considered to be life-threatening, the police department stated.
Throughout the morning Monday, five people walked into area hospitals for treatment of injuries believed to be connected to the parking garage shooting. All of these injuries are not considered life-threatening, the police department stated.
Detectives believe that the individuals knew each other but were not from Howard County. The seventh victim in this incident sought treatment for a gunshot wound at a Virginia hospital, the police department noted.
No additional information has been released by the police department as of early Monday afternoon.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police at 410-313-STOP or HCPDcrimetips@howardcountymd.gov.
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