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Story highlights Hong Young, 35, is under police guard at a hospital, police said He is charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault and other charges

Officers stopped Hong Young, 35, of Beltsville, Maryland, at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The officers recognized Hong's vehicle -- a 1999 Lincoln Town Car -- as matching authorities' description of a car seen in surveillance footage near some of the shootings.

A gun in the car matched evidence found at the shootings, authorities said at a press conference, and Young was arrested.

Young is in the hospital and under police guard, though when reporters asked why he was being treated, officials would only say he was arrested without incident.

He is charged with attempted first-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, weapons violations and reckless endangerment.

Young worked as a correctional officer at a Jessup facility from 2012 until his resignation in 2014, Maryland Secretary of Public Safety Stephen Moyer said. There was nothing significant in his employee file, Moyer said.

Police said that there are no links to terrorism, and no motive has been determined.

No one was killed in the five shooting incidents, four of which occurred Monday and Tuesday, according to police reports.

-- February 24 in Hanover, Maryland. a man who had stopped at a Costco said a man pulled up beside him in a Lincoln Town Car at 7:30 a.m. and began firing at him. The victim's vehicle was hit several times and the victim was grazed. The assailant drove away.

-- March 2 in Laurel, Maryland. Police received a call at 2:50 a.m. that shots had been fired at a Walmart. There were no damages or injuries.

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The FBI said Wednesday that a suspect has been arrested in connection with a string of shootings near the nation's capital including around the National Security Agency.

Around 3 p.m. Tuesday, two men driving along the Maryland Intercounty Connector (ICC) near Interstate 95 were struck by bullets, according to NBC Washington. Their injuries were minor. About two hours later, there was a report of shots fired near the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade. No one was injured in that incident.

It was initially unclear if the two incidents were linked, but the FBI early Wednesday connected the shootings.

"We believe the subject responsible for shooting incidents on the ICC, near Fort Meade Army installation and other locations around the Baltimore-Washington metro area in the last two weeks is in custody," the FBI said in a statement early Wednesday. It did not provide further details.

The National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.

First published March 4 2015, 1:34 AM

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U.S. Park Police are investigating whether a reported shooting along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway caused the damage that was reported to a nearby National Security Agency building.

Police spokeswoman Sgt. Lelani Woods said that the NSA reported damage to one of its buildings close to the parkway on Tuesday. She said it is too early to say whether the damage is related to the report of gunfire nearby.

NSA spokesman Ian Brennan says no injuries have been reported, and that state and local authorities are investigating.

Earlier Tuesday, Maryland Transportation Authority Police were investigating shots fired on the Inter-County Connector about 12 miles from the NSA. Police say one vehicle was hit, and one person was injured by broken glass.

Police would not say whether the shootings were related or whether the NSA was targeted.

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Updated at 11:47 PM EST on Tuesday, Mar 3, 2015

A suspect believed to be responsible for the separate shooting incidents on the ICC and near the NSA at Fort Meade, as well as other locations in the DC-Baltimore area over the last two weeks, is in custody, FBI Public Affairs Specialist Amy J. Thoreson said in a statement early Wednesday.

Late Tuesday evening, WBAL-TV in Baltimore reported shootings in Howard, Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties during the past week may be related.

A man was grazed by a bullet in Hanover last week, and Anne Arundel County Police had released surveillance video of a possible suspect vehicle.

Two shootings were reported Monday; one at a Wal-Mart in Laurel and another near an AMC Theater in Columbia.

Around 3 p.m. Tuesday, two men driving along the Maryland Intercounty Connector (ICC) near Interstate 95 were struck by bullets, likely fired from nearby woods. Both are expected to be OK.

About two hours later, U.S. Park Police investigated a report of shots fired near the National Security Agency's headquarters in Fort Meade.

Report of Shots Fired Near NSA Headquarters, Building Damaged U.S. Park Police are investigating a report of shots fired near the National Security Agency's headquarters Tuesday evening. News4's Darcy Spencer reports. (Published Tuesday, Mar 3, 2015)

A spokesperson for the police said the NSA is investigating damage to one of its buildings that appeared to be from gunshots. No one was injured.Throughout the evening, Park Police closed down sections of BW Parkway for their investigation.

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