BLADENSBURG, Md. (NEWSnet/AP) — Five people returning from a funeral at a cemetery were shot and wounded by someone firing into their car from a second vehicle in a Maryland suburb, police said.

No arrests have been made. The victims were taken to area hospitals as authorities pleaded for the help of passing drivers in an effort to identify suspects.

Bladensburg Police Chief Tyrone Collington Sr. said he did not know the condition of the wounded.

Police are checking for surveillance video and other evidence while searching for anyone who may have been involved. Collington said a dark-colored vehicle was involved. He asked anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information about it to contact police.

The shooting occurred near a bridge that crosses the Anacostia River in Bladensburg, about a mile east of the Maryland line with Washington, D.C.

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