Three people were seriously injured as a result of being shot at Westfield Montgomery Mall in suburban Maryland

location shooting three people in Westfield Montgomery Mall

Shamsu.id - Three people were shot and is in critical condition Friday at a mall in suburban Maryland, police said.

The adult victims, two men and one woman, were wounded at approximately 11:00 am at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. All three are in a condition severe enough.

the perpetrator does not follow, according to the Montgomery County Police Department. After one person was shot, another was injured came to help people shot earlier, police said.

There is "hopefully we can catch him in the near future," said Montgomery County Assistant Chief Constable Darryl McSwain.

McSwain added that investigators had "no reason to believe that the victim knew the suspect."

Authorities are trying to determine whether there is a link between the shooting and murder Friday in the high school the previous day.

Eulalio Tordil allegedly killed his estranged wife and wounded a man on Thursday, outside Beltsville, Md SMA .. Tordil, 62, is in general.

The mall and a separate high school approximately 12 miles.

Tordil is an employee of the Federal Protective Service, which offers security on federal property.

Federal Protective Service said Tordil wearing clerical duties in March, after a protective order was issued against him.

A woman lying dead after being shot in a supermarket giant birthday food in Aspen Hill five miles before noon Friday, but it is unclear whether this incident has to do with the shooting of three people are now looking into, said employees of the Federal Protective Service (Tordil)

nearby schools and hospitals have been ordered to take shelter in a safe place in order to avoid the increase of the shooting victims.