One person died and five people were injured in a Monday morning shooting connected to an illegal car rally in Columbia, according to the Howard County Police Department.

Officers responded to a parking garage in the 6700 block of Alexander Bell Drive around 5:27 a.m. for reports of a person shot. Officers found one man who was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. One man was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a news release.

Four other people walked into hospitals in the area with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, police said. Authorities believe the victims are tied to the shooting.

The parking garage is in the southeast region of Columbia, not far from office buildings, supermarkets and retail stores.

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Detectives believe many of the participants were “known to each other” and not from Howard County, police said.

Anyone with information should contact police at 410-313-STOP or email the department at HCPDcrimetips@howardcountymd.gov.