A Columbia woman was arrested and charged in connection with an Oct. 12 shooting in a Giant parking lot that left two teens injured .
According to charging documents, Dieneba Sekou Traore, 47, was charged by Howard County Police with two counts of attempted first-degree and attempted second-degree murder, as well as two counts of first- and second-degree assault. Traore also faces numerous handgun charges.
According to charging documents, police responded to the Giant parking lot at 8805 Centre Park Drive in Columbia around 9:10 p.m., Oct. 12 and found two young people with gunshot wounds to their legs lying in a grassy area between the Giant and an IHOP. Witnesses told police they saw a person fire shots at the victims before getting into the back passenger seat of a white Mercedes SUV, according to charging documents.
After reviewing footage from a nearby Royal Farms, police determined that the victims were among a group of four teens walking through the parking lot. A white Mercedes was seen driving into the lot before the shooting and seems to have been driving in circles around the area, according to charging documents. The vehicle, which had a distinct bumper sticker, left the scene after the shooting, according to the documents. Police determined the Mercedes was registered to Traore, who had earlier reported that her son was the victim of an armed robbery on Oct. 7.