Two people are in the hospital after a shooting at a homeless encampment in south Minneapolis Friday evening. Police say it happened near the 2200 block of Cedar Avenue South around 5:40 p.m. Officers there found a woman with gunshots wounds that are not considered life threatening.

Three people were killed over the weekend after two shootings at homeless encampments in Minneapolis, according to local police. Local authorities are now investigating whether the fatal incidents, which occurred at different locations but within a span of 24 hours,

MPD has not ruled out the possibility that this incident and the shooting that occurred on Oct. 26 are related.

Earl Bennett was charged with three counts of second-degree murder for the Oct. 27 shooting, according to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County on Monday.

There is something about these encampments that causes the crime around them,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. “That’s just what the data shows.”

Council Member Jason Chavez said council members are exploring two new ordinances, based off of successes in other cities including Duluth and Denver.

Two others were hurt in the shooting and remain hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara notes that whenever homeless camps pop up, crime increases in the vicinity. Authorities say the shooting happened around 4:45 a.m. Saturday at what they call a “small” homeless encampment at 21st St. E and 15th St. S.

Officers found a woman with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds near the 2200 block of Cedar Avenue South around 5:40 p.m. They also found a man with potentially life-threatening gunshot wounds near the 2200 block of Hiawatha Avenue South.