Two shootings in Washington suburbs, one dead, three wounded

Washington: One person died and three were wounded in a pair of shootings on Friday in the suburbs of Washington, and police are investigating if they are linked.

A person of interest is being sought, police said after the first shooting, outside a mall in Bethesda, Maryland.

Three people were wounded in the incident, Montgomery County police said.

Another shooting shortly thereafter, a few miles away in outside a supermarket, left one woman dead.

Students at all public schools in Montgomery County were ordered to shelter in place, police said.