People going about their daily tasks ducked for cover or ran as fast as they could Monday morning when two men fired guns at each other in downtown Silver Spring, police and witnesses say.
The suspects started shooting about 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of Fenton Street and Ellsworth Drive, Montgomery County police said.
Surveillance video police released of the suspects shows one man wearing a plaid shirt and ski mask. Another suspect is wearing all black and carrying a backpack.
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A passing driver narrowly escaped a bullet that came whizzing through a back window of her white Toyota Prius.
Another bullet tore through a window at the CAVA restaurant nearby while it's employees were preparing for the day's lunch crowd.
Nobody was injured, police said
“I heard ba, ba, ba, ba, boom! Looked over, seen people running, you know, running for cover," Andrew Jenkins told News4.
Jenkins said he was in the Chick-fil-A on the corner of Fenton Street and Ellsworth Drive when he heard the gunshots.
"They looked panicked. They was scared for their life," Jenkins said.
Another witness told News4 he saw a man firing a gun wildly, aiming his shots over the ice rink while running down Ellsworth Drive.
Police spent a couple of hours at the scene looking for shell casings and other evidence.
A police K-9 found at least one shell casing outside CAVA.
Police are searching for the suspects.
