Two separate shootings in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Saturday left three people injured. In the first case, Montgomery County police officers were called to a hospital when two people, an adult male and an adult female, showed up with gunshot wounds. The police said in a statement that the shooting happened on Quebec Terrace in the New Hampshire Estates, in Silver Spring, at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Montgomery County Police spokeswoman Rebecca Innocenti said the investigation is ongoing and no other details were available. Below is a map of the location of the shooting. [google_map latitude=”39.000654″ longitude=”-76.987079″ zoom=”14″ height=”300px” location_label=”” dynamic_map=”false”] At about 10 p.m., police received multiple calls reporting gunshots around Montgomery Village Avenue, near Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg. In a tweet, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Steve Mann said the Gaithersburg City police and county officers found one person injured with gunshot wounds.
MCFRS CO. 8 in Gaithersburg were awakened to the sounds of gun shots IAO an adjacent lot to the rear of FS. Gaithersburg City PD and MCPD arrived and found 1 adult victim. He was transported with serious LT injuries to an area trauma center. @mcfrsPIO @DavidPazos15 pic.twitter.com/xftvWnTUxO
— BC Steve Mann (@mcfrsPIO6) August 9, 2020
The victim was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition, Innocenti said. No arrests were made in either incident, but Innocenti said that they do not appear to be related.
