Two county men were arrested on handgun charges after two shots were fired in the Crossroads Square Shopping Center parking lot.
About 11:45 p.m. Friday, two men exchanged words with several people in a car and one of the men told the people in the car that they should leave, police said.
As they left the shopping center, the people in the car heard two shots, they told police. While making a police report across the street at
140 Village Shopping Center, they saw two men drive by and pointed them out to police.
Police followed the car and arrested two suspects. A 9 mm handgun was recovered and a pipe with marijuana residue was found in the trunk, police said.
Andrew Scott Will, 18, of Manchester and Charles Daniel Hungerford, 18, of Taneytown were each charged with carrying and transporting a semiautomatic 9 mm pistol, three counts of assault, three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
After posting $5,000 bond each, Mr. Hungerford was released Saturday and Mr. Will was released Sunday, a police spokesman said.