One person died and another was seriously wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in a Brooklyn Park parking lot.

Brooklyn Park police officers responded to a shooting around 2 p.m. Saturday in a strip mall parking lot near the busy intersection of Brooklyn Blvd. and Bottineau Blvd., not far from a Target and a Menards.

Officers found two victims and began to aid them before both were taken to a hospital, according to a police spokesman.

One of the victims was later pronounced dead. The other was seriously wounded. Identities for the victims werenot available Saturday night.