Howard County Police continue investigating a double shooting that left one teenager dead and another in critical condition near The Mall in Columbia on Saturday night.

Police Chief Gregory Der said the shooting happened in the area of the Lidl grocery store in the 10300 block of Little Patuxent Parkway near a bus stop shortly before 6 p.m.

Der said one of the gunshot victims was pronounced dead at the scene. The second victim was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in critical condition. Both victims are teenage males.

He said the shooting appears to have been targeted and there was one shooter, who remains on the loose. Detectives are interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance video.

“If you commit a crime here in Howard County, we will track you down and we will prosecute you and we will find you,” Der said.

The Mall in Columbia operations were not interrupted during the shooting.

Lindsay Kahn, spokesperson for The Mall in Columbia, directed all questions to the Howard County Police Department.

Last year, a 17-year-old was charged with first-degree murder after a fatal shooting of another teen in July at The Mall in Columbia.

Authorities said they believed a 17-year-old boy was targeted July 27, a weekend day when the mall was filled with shoppers. He was shot once. The shooting led to chaos and a lockdown of the mall.

This story has been updated.