HOWARD COUNTY, Md. — A Columbia mother who shot and wounded two teens learned her fate Friday.

Dieneba Sekou Traore, 48, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the shooting, which occurred in a shopping center parking lot.

On October 12, 2024, officers responded to the 8800 block of Centre Park Drive and found the two teens suffering from gunshot wounds to the legs.

Both victims were lying in the grassy area between the Giant shopping store and the IHOP that's not too far.

Witnesses at the scene told police that they saw someone fire shots at the victims before getting into the back passenger seat of a white SUV.

Surveillance video revealed the two victims were among a group of four teens walking through the Giant Food parking lot.

The white SUV was seen driving into the parking lot

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