A Maryland man was shot and killed in Columbia's Merriweather District on Tuesday, according to Howard County police.

The shooting happened around 10:35 p.m. in a parking lot off Dove Sail Lane and Merriweather Drive. Officers arrived to find a man in a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. The man, identified as 39-year-old Leon Grant Jr., was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers said Grant was from Salisbury and was staying in Columbia. Police believe the shooting was targeted.

Neighbors react to shooting: "I'm very surprised"

Dr. Timothy Cujdik and his partner, Barry Stairs, are in the process of opening a veterinary clinic in Columbia's Merriweather District, near Tuesday's deadly shooting.

Cujdik told WJZ that neighbors are shocked by where the shooting happened.

"I'm very sur

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