Griffith police were still searching Sunday for suspects involved in a shooting that left two people injured at the Mansards Apartment complex Saturday evening.
Police spokesman Cmdr. Keith Martin said officers responded to a call of shots fired around 8 p.m. in the 1800 block of N. Arbogast. When they arrived, they found a man and woman, each of whom had been shot in the leg.
Martin said the incident started as a verbal altercation that became physical between a resident there and another group of people. Witnesses said members of the visiting group got into a white 2011 Chevy Malibu and, as they left, they shot a gun toward the residents with whom they’d been arguing but didn’t hit anything or anyone.
The group then fled but returned and fired two more shots, which hit a woman and man not involved in the original altercation, Martin said. The two were taken to Methodist Hospital Northlake in Gary for treatment.
Martin said officers collected evidence at the scene, and witnesses got the Malibu’s license plate number and gave it to police, who put out a bulletin to other departments. The car was found unoccupied in the 7500 block of Jarnecke in Hammond.
Michelle L. Quinn is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.