3 people taken into custody after shots fired nearby downtown Silver Spring

Police have taken three people into custody after shots were fired nearby downtown Silver Spring.

Montgomery County police believe this may have been a drug deal that went bad as residents on Dale Drive called police at around 4:19 p.m. after hearing gunfire in the area. According to police, officers would find evidence of a shooting in the 8800 block of Colesville Road as a black vehicle was seen with an apparent bullet hole in the windshield.

There was also a second scene connected to the shooting a few blocks away on Spring Street.

Police said they did not find anyone injured from the shooting.

FOX 5 has been told that a significant amount of marijuana was recovered at the scene along with a loaded handgun.

Police are crediting numerous witnesses with helping them pinpoint the suspects.