LAUREL, Md. (7News) — Police in Laurel, Maryland, are investigating two violent incidents that left five people injured near a busy shopping area.
According to the Laurel Police Department, around 10 p.m. three people were shot and taken to local hospitals for treatment. Their conditions have not been released.
Officers also responded to a separate location in the same area for a stabbing, where two additional victims were injured and taken to the hospital.
Police said both incidents happened in the same area at the Laurel Shopping Center, along the 13600 block of Baltimore Avenue, close to LongHorn Steakhouse and Amigos Mexican Grill.
Officials said it is not yet clear whether the shooting and stabbing are connected. Police also tell 7News they are aware of a Cinco De Mayo celebration happening at Amigos during that time…