Multiple people were injured in two separate shootings in South Minneapolis that occurred within a 12-hour period on Sept. 15, according to police.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a Sept. 16 news conference that four people were left with life-threatening injuries from the incidents that occurred just over two miles from each other.

The first shooting occu rred around 11 a.m. local time, and the second happened just after 10 p.m. local time, according to Minneapolis CBS station WCCO .

O'Hara said that police "cannot entirely rule out" a connection between the two shootings. Investigators believe that the first shooting was a "quarrel that escalated to gunfire" and that the second shooting was "

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