CAMERON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Harnett County sheriff's investigators say that two shootings that happened minutes apart Sunday afternoon in the same area are connected.

The Harnett County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded at about 3:45 p.m. on Sunday to Scooter Lane in Cameron for a shooting call. Deputies found Damon Bird, 18, with multiple gunshot wounds. He stated he was walking on McDuffie Road near Scooter Lane when a car passed by, and someone inside fired at him.

He was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Less than 15 minutes later, Sanford Police notified Harnett 911 that they had responded to Palm Drive in Sanford for a report of two people shot.

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One of the people shot told

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